You know what really grinds my gears? Microsoft single sign on. Every single
time I sign into my Teams account, it asks me, "Do you want to let your
organization manage your device? Do you want to sign in systemwide?" No, I don't
want to do either of those things. And while I would simply check, don't ask me
again, that's not an option. This, my
friends, is the kind of obtuse nonsense that makes me want to scream
into a pillow, renounce technology altogether, and adopt the simple ways of
the Amish. But that would make it really hard to do my job. So instead, we've
decided to vent our rage in the best way we know how, by making a sequel. That's
right, it's Tech Gripes Part Two, Electric Booaloo, complete with an angry
segue to our sponsor, Nexigo. They got a
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manufacturer and you claim that you have toolless M.2 SSD mounts, that's super
cool. But if I have to use a screwdriver to remove a heat sink to get at your
toolless mounts, that's not toolless. There are at least two tools involved.
my screwdriver and the marketing genius who made that claim.
I got to at least give them credit for the effort, though. When it comes to
PCIe locks, the industry doesn't even seem to care that they suck. Modern
graphics cards and CPU coolers are often huge, which can make removing your GPU a
legitimately risky operation. See, sometimes the only nearby tool that can
reach that release tab is the aforementioned screwdriver. And if you
happen to slip off the plastic tab, which is super easy to do, you can gouge
your motherboard. My go-to trick then, at least until those little buttons
start being a standard feature rather than a premium feature, is to use a
pencil eraser. It's less likely to slip. And if it does, hey, it's not going to
break your hardware, probably. And how about case Windows? There's plenty of
cases out there with glass panels that show off your sick rig, but woe is he
who dares to dream of a PC tower on the
left of the monitor. And the funniest thing about this one is that multiple
attempts have been made, even by Intel, to standardize this kind of window on
the right side of the case witchcraft. And yet, there are still very few
options out there for our sinestral friends. NVIDIA has changed their model
numbering over the years to make it nearly impossible to compare the
performance of their desktop cards and their laptop ones and even made it
impossible to compare one laptop to another, even if they have the same
model because performance varies wildly with different power and cooling
solutions. Windows or Steam or someone other than
me needs to stop letting developers just put files wherever the hell they want.
All my games should go into a games folder. But no, everyone's going to put
their own stuff wherever the hell they think it should go. Except for me,
apparently, because I swear to God, Microsoft, you need to stop
automatically saving my to one drive.
Don't ever do it. My files are my files,
and it is incredibly important that I know where those files are. Should they
be backed up? Absolutely. But I'm not going to back them up to your
overpriced, hella slow, confusingly integrated stack of crap that is a cloud
service. Yes, of course, offer the service. And of course, we should
encourage users to back their files up, but let me specify which folders are
backed up. And don't trick me into putting them elsewhere. Also, maybe
actually back them up. Now, one would think that they could use the tool
called Windows Backup to back up their files. Only one problem. It does not
back up Windows. It uploads some files to one drive and that isn't really a
true backup. One drive is a file sync.
When you put files on one drive, the original files are on Microsoft servers
and what you have on your device is a copy of those. If you delete the files
in your one drive accidentally or otherwise, they are deleted everywhere.
That is not how a backup works. So stop referring to it as a backup service.
Sure, for the average person, file sync is akin to backup because you now have
two copies of your data in two locations, and you can access the files
at the second location should you lose access to the first. But a true backup
will keep a copy of a system and files as it was at a specific point in time.
To its credit, One Drive does provide version history for documents. But when
people's data is at stake, Microsoft, you need to be clear that One Drive is
not for backing up files or Windows. It
is for synchronization. So why do you call it Windows backup? And why is it on
by default? And why do you never explain anything to the customers about how the
service functions except for maybe how to pay for it, which you're very good at
providing ample information about. Plus, you do the intentionally confusing thing
of making the folder appear like a local folder rather than a clearly making it a
sync folder or a cloud folder. You make it purposefully confusing and it is
causing harm to your own customers. Let's get back to backups though. Why
can't you provide me an image creation option? Just let me clone my drive to an
external disc and then let me reinstall it when I need to. Why can't you at
least provide one good local option where I don't have to use a Microsoft
account? No, instead I must install a third party software because you have
refused to provide a half decent option for simple backups. And you had one. You
technically still do. In the control panel, we have the now deprecated backup
and restore Windows 7. It works great when it's creating and backing up your
files, but it fails to restore my image every time I've tried to use it. And if
you can't get your files, then they are not backed up. But let's zoom out here.
There's another problem with backup services. What the do I do when I've
backed up my data? Almost all of these services provide a reassuring your data
is safe, but do a poor job of instructing users on how to actually
restore that data. And as I said, data that you can't access isn't backed up.
I'm going to be honest, I've made this exact mistake. I put a new install of
Windows and realized that I can't access the files I thought I had saved. I think
that every backup software should do something to make you run through the
process of restoring your files and using a rescue media at least once or at
least give a very demanding notice that I can click away through and complain
about in a future video. But just just put it there, please. If you are in
search of actually good backup software, I will recommend VH Mac reflect and your
backup in that order. I personally use your backup, but that's because it meets
my needs. Check them out and see what they can do for you. Now, before my
blood pressure gets too high, I have a couple more gripes. This version of the
file picker, Goolag, File Explorer's unfathomably slow search, Goolag. The
way I can't think of another thing to complain about right now, straight to the Goolag. I've really been enjoying my
Switch 2 over the last couple weeks, even after breaking my hand. But I've
been getting more and more pissed off about a few underhanded design decisions
that Nintendo thought they could get away with. First off, the dock. Well,
the docking situation. The new dock itself is fine. It's the fact that third
party docks that worked with the OG no longer work because, as the Verge put it
in their investigation, the new Switch is not behaving like a good USB citizen
should. Nintendo has purposefully made their universal serial bus device less
universal by adding extra encryption to sell more of their $120
accessory. right off with that greedy Should be like 50 60 tops.
I ordered the Antac S3 Max for 42 Canadian buckaroos that supposedly works
for now at least until Nintendo updates the firmware to up incompatibility once
again. And it's especially infuriating because I can't get the Nintendo dock to
work with any other USBC power blocks in my house. The dock requires more power
this time around. But I tried some very nice PD blocks that have variable
voltages that go way above the requirement of the dock. And they would
only charge the console. I would not get video out until I used Nintendo's own
USB block. And that's beside the fact that it's always really scary plugging
any non- Nintendo things into Nintendo things. I remember the early Switch One
horror stories. And that just exacerbates the bigger issue. In
general, the first party accessory pricing is out of control. The
controllers are a clear step down versus their competition and cost just as much,
if not more. I want to buy your Nintendo. Just not at these prices. This
is absurd. Especially because it's become clear that Nintendo has done
nothing to address the Joy-Con drift issues. I guess I'll be rolling the dice
on third party accessories once again, but third party accessories are
imperfect. Take the Kill Switch 2 ecosystem for example. It's really not
ideal. Personally, I like the grips. I don't
have the Joy-Con self removal issue. I like the case. I like the cover. But the
dock is unacceptably bad. It's a
marketkedly jankier experience than the Nintendo dock alone. My dock is behind
my TV and reaching back there with one hand is easy, but getting both back
there sucks. The Dbrand to switch connector is tighter than the
dock to dock connector, which means that every time you try and pull out the
Switch 2, half of the docking solution comes with it, unless I hold it down.
And that's if iting works in the first place. I actually bought one and I've
stopped using it. Other than the Joy-Con grips, I actually like those. They're
pretty good for handheld play, except that in handheld play, the motion
clarity on the built-in screen, not so great. I think that the online rage is a
little overblown with the hyperfixation on some of the numbers that have come out from testing. When you're panning
across a busy scene, it's not nearly as clear as a 2025 display should be. This
would not have been an issue on an OLED console, which just makes me so mad they
didn't have one at launch. even if that meant giving up variable refresh rate on
a console where most of the games are going to be locked at 60 FPS anyway
because the dock can't do variable refresh rate. The damn dock again.
Also, the HDMI CC where your device can
communicate with your TV and plugged in accessories seems to be inconsistent as
all heck. Sometimes turning on my Switch turns on my TV and soundbar. Sometimes
it doesn't. Sometimes it can't figure out the IO. Unacceptable for a modern
device. My PS5 and my PS4, a 12-year-old
device, can turn on everything, change the correct settings every freaking
time. Figure it out, Nintendo. And maybe
the worst part, these game prices are ridiculous. And I'm not talking just
versus PC games, but against other console storefronts. totally
frustrating. And not just the $80 games.
I want to play the Xenolade trilogy with the DLC. I have to spend like $200
and that's the sale price. If I want to play the trash golf and tennis
game that nobody thinks is actually good, I'm stuck spending 60 bucks, maybe
55 if I'm willing to go for a used cartridge. But like the used market is
absolutely trash, too. Switch games are ridiculous. This whole thing
ising ridiculous. I have like a list of games that I missed on the Switch one
that I really want to collect, but I'm losing confidence that I'm going to ever own most of them. Also, get some damn
media apps on your console. It's 2025 for sake.
Just because I own a display, that doesn't mean I love everything about
them. For instance, have you ever struggled with navigating through the
OSD, found the setting you wanted to adjust, and then pressed the power
button by mistake? Or maybe a button that closes the OSD? I sure have, and it
absolutely sucks. But hang on, OSD, because I'm not done with you yet. Why
is it that some companies make it a hassle to switch inputs when there's
nothing connected? I know HDMI 1 is empty. I don't care. I'm
troubleshooting. Let me select it. And why doesn't everyone have an option to
leave the OSD on screen instead of keeping it on a timer? This is probably
a me problem, but sometimes it goes away right when I'm done referencing my notes
to remember which exact setting I wanted to adjust.
I'm also annoyed by barrel plugs and external power bricks. If you're going
to use them, that's fine. Some people prefer them even, but please make the
cable longer so the brick can easily sit on the floor and not be stuck dangling
from the back of my display. I shouldn't be required to cable manage it to the
underside of my desk with MCM from ltstore.com. I'm going to anyway because
it looks great and it's a good product, but don't force my hand. And speaking of
cables, how about HDMI and DisplayPort? Why do we still have both? I get the
competition is a good thing, but they're both so similar now. I love the daisy
chaining capabilities of DP, but Eer and auto low latency mode are really nice
features for home theaters, especially now that recent versions on either side
have pretty high bandwidth limits with more on the way. Either combine your
powers or convince GPU manufacturers to please add more HDMI ports for the rare
occasion where I want to use HDMI 2.1 on more than one display. I mean, hey, what
if one of them is a TV and the other one is just a really high refresh rate
monitor that supports HDMI 2.1 but DisplayPort 1.4? Why can't I have both?
I I don't want to spend even more money on a high-end ASUS GPU just because it's
got a second HDMI port. I really don't. And on that subject, can someone
implement a sort of HDMI signal interrupter? Or if I'm ignorant, please
help me in the comments because keeping a TV plugged in as part of your multimonitor setup can cause some
serious annoyances. if the TV gets turned on for Netflix while I'm gaming
on my PC. It's so annoying that I just unplug the cable on either end when I'm
done playing on the big screen and I just don't want to do that anymore. For
me, I'm going to be talking about my beloved Discord. Man, you used to be so
great. You were a freeto use amalgamation of RSS chat rooms and voice
calling with just a slight gaming flavor. It used to be so good, but now
you are constantly shoving Nitro and your shop down my throat. Those are
permanently pinned at the top of the software anytime I go look at my DMs. Or
when I use an emoji, you are constantly reminding me how poor I am because I
could use any emote from any server if I just paid more. I can type as much as I
want so long as it's less than 2,000 characters. You got to pay for that,
too. You've gone from adding value to extracting convenience. And now Nitro
sucks. And while we get update after update, my problems never seem to get
fixed. Every time I restart some systems, such as my work PC, it asks me
if I want to adjust my audio devices. Nope. Keep them to what I set, please. I
have no idea why you keep asking me, especially after I hit the don't show me
this again button. As for the UI update, I actually don't
personally hate it, but some of the mobile experience is just downright
awful. I went to use an external link the other day and it asked if I was okay
following it. That's fair enough. Keep users safe. But what the hell is this
interface? I didn't even realize that I had to actually scroll down because the
scroll bar doesn't light up until I try to scroll. But there's nothing slightly
cut off in the window to indicate that there is more to view. So why would I
even bother trying that? But my biggest issue with Discord is something that I
don't actually expect them to fix, because it's not really their fault.
Discord servers are a terrible way to store knowledge. If you make a piece of
software and you use Discord instead of a Git or a wiki, you're an idiot. Plain
and simple. So much knowledge is being lost in these Discord servers that are
unindexible, hard to use, and have communities that end up being the same
three people just answering the same 20 questions for every new user. Discord is
not documentation. And the more we migrate our communication away from
public forums, the worse we're going to be in a few more years. Okay, we
probably went a little hard today, but can you blame us when you're having a
bad day? The last thing that you want to deal with is some easily solved problem
that you've encountered a million times before. I mean, maybe there's a good
reason for some of it. I don't know. But what I do know is there will always be
something to complain about when it comes to technology. And I am always
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hurry, time is running out. Thanks for watching, guys. If you enjoyed this one,
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