Technology

I recently bought cheap refurbished 10" Amazon Fire specifically for web browsing. the author is spot on when he says it's "obnoxious to the point of hostility."

Amazon places a huge "Register now" nag across the launcher that can't be removed without registering, and even the calculator won't work until you do. Wigets aren't supported by Amazon's launcher and it is impossible to load an alternative. There are a host of other deliberate annoyances Amazon has created to make sure the tablet is used for their purpose rather than your own.

It was only $35, but it's not worth even that much. Amazon has truly made enshittification an art form.

Old Amazon Kindle was amazing, I read tons of books on it. New Kindle was so clunky to get books on it, set up different accounts, constantly suspicious you were up to something. A totally non-intuitive piece of shit. Amazon design has all the charm of their warehouses.

Battle of who do you want to give all your usage data to so they spam you with ads?

There's a reason why they're cheap, never used Walmart ones but the Amazon tablets required extra fees just to not be a permanent billboard on the lock screen.