Minor rant

[ostarella]

Is it just me, or does anyone else hate it when companies we deal with make changes they think are so neat! and force us into them? Like my stupid ISP and it's web hosting fiasco. What ticked me off today is Google's "buzz". I didn't know what it was, to begin with, have only a basic understanding of it after reading through numerous "isn't this great!?" info sites by Google, but frankly, if I want to share something with someone, I know how to do that without some company deciding for me, thank you very much. But mainly I just resent it when these things get added automatically, without giving me a choice or even warning me, and then I have to turn cartwheels to find out how to get rid of it.

I think, frankly, it's the paternalistic attitude that really grinds on my nerves. Too many people, governments, businesses, and entities in general are making decisions on my behalf because they think it will make my life better/easier and most of the time it does just the opposite.

Gawd, am I in a bitchy mood today or what? Cabin fever. Gotta be...

Comments

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

There's really only two things to do - one, email the company doing it and ream them a new ass (which I did with Google) and/or quit using that service and switch to another. Unfortunately, the second is often hard to do and not worth the effort of switching things. But when I can - I do! LOL