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What items are made better than they used to be?
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Computer hardware is constantly improving. Sure, the software is getting worse, but there are good alternatives to that either already existing, like in the PC space, or being worked on, like in the mobile space. Also this is ignoring price gouging of PC hardware.
Display tech has gone a long way since early LCD TVs started being a thing. Granted, I still think CRT is a better technology overall, but modern TV panels do a great job of coming close in quality, while having its own benefits and drawbacks.
Good quality audio is becoming more affordable, with $20 IEMs sounding incredible for the price (Moondrop Chu II specifically) and ~$100 planar magnetic cans being available.
Not in the Linux world. Linux in the 90's and early 00's was rough.
First, getting the system installed and booting, then getting the GUI to work, setting up printer, scanner, wifi, etc...
Nowadays, it's mostly just clicking "Next" a few times, and more stuff works out of the box than after a Windows installation.
s/software/proprietary software
I've been daily droving Linux for over a decade now. Haven't booted Windows in years.
Except drivers, those seem to like to catch on fire, for some reason.
The only driver issues I had in the past 5 years were with the proprietary nVidia graphics driver.
Mostly it breaks when you upgrade the kernel or the driver but not both at the same time.
Other than that, my hardware just runs.
I've had many problems with drivers for Nvidia and RealTek components, that absolutely refuse to work for more than a week straight. Across three distros and two different machines.