" It used to be really good quality , and they ’d advertise how it was made with only a few innate ingredients . Now most of their stuff is ' frozen dairy farm desserts ' because they ca n’t legally call it ' ice cream ' any longer , and it all taste like garbage . "
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: you find a product that is basically the magical solution to every problem you have. Then, one day, you realize that it’s actually terrible now. It happens more than you probably even realize!
U/Unfair-Independent48recentlyaskedthe people of Reddit, “What’s a product that’s gotten significantly worse over the years?” Maybe you’ll find some common ground and realize that, no, it’s not just you:
1.“Social media. Facebook before the news, ads, and outrage feed was a really nice tool.”
— atomic number 92 / nrobi
2.“Outlet malls. They used to be places where you could find designer stuff for cheaper, but now most of it is just crappier stuff made specifically for the outlet.”
— u / tickingkitty
3.“Breyers ice cream. It used to be really good quality, and they’d advertise how it was made with only a few natural ingredients. Now most of their stuff is ‘frozen dairy desserts’ because they can’t legally call it ‘ice cream’ anymore, and it all tastes like garbage.”
— uranium / Doctor_Juris
4.“Furniture. Everything used to be solid wood. Now it’s all paperboard.”
— u / gonewildecat
5.“Almost every household appliance. Shit used to be built to last for four fucking generations, man. My grandma’s old fridge from the ’60s is still running like a champ out in my garage. Thing is built like a tank and gives no fucks about the long march of time. These days, you’ll be lucky to get five years out of some appliances you buy, and good luck getting any warranty service if you even approach one with a screwdriver in an attempt to fix it yourself.”
— u / buddypalamigo25
6.“Jeans. I have Gap jeans from when I was 14 that are in great shape. Meanwhile, I’ll buy overpriced designer shit today and I’m lucky if it lasts two years. Why is everything so THIN?”
— u / Brewnonono
7.“Tinder and dating apps in general.”
— uranium / justadudenameddave
8.“Pop-Tarts. Come on people, we have the technology to cover icing edge to edge to edge to edge.”
— u / SpiteLive6869
9.“The lack of buttons that TVs have these days. I hate it.”
— u / Responsible - Sail1921
10.“Quite a lot of clothing. So much fast fashion is made cheaply to be churned out quickly, and will only survive a couple of washes. Even with a basic knowledge of how to repair clothes, they can’t easily be restored by the average consumer, and often aren’t worth the cost of restoring it professionally.”
— u / FoaiseamhaGheobhadsa
11.“Netflix.”
— atomic number 92 / sleepyJoesBidet
12.“Chocolate has become very waxy.”
— atomic number 92 / bool_idiot_is_true
13.“Rent. Keeps going up with no additional added value.”
— u / donomi
14.“Airbnb.”
— u / Imboredboredbored
15.“Pizza Hut was the place to be when I was a kid in the ’80s. The buffet. The personal pan pizzas paid for with Book-it. Pitchers of pop drank from those weird red cups that no longer exist.Dig Dug,Galaga, andCentipede. The last time I ate at Pizza Hut was about 15 years ago. We stopped at one when we were driving out to Colorado Springs. So pointless. Nothing special about it. It didn’t even have the decency to be bad. It just had no anima. No spirit. NoGalaga.”
— u / mostlygray
16.“Pringles.”
— u / albertsy2
17.“Girl Scout cookies. Absolutely shit now. Needed to be said.”
— u / sharkzbyte
18.“Hot Pockets — they changed the recipe, I swear.”
— u / LeetcodeIsMyGF
19.“Uber. Used to be cheap, now I cant even get a driver half the time.”
— u / tankthestank
20.“Democracy. I remember when politicians would at least pretend to do what’s best for the public. Now they’ve given up all pretenses and are obviously bought and sold. But since most of them are doing the same thing there’s no accountability. We’re so fucked…”
— u / reb0014
remark : Some responses have been edit for duration and/or clarity .
