but electronics are literally shit. perhaps they always were, but there are things that are new since the early 2000s that automatically make them shit, like those buttons on a microwave, digital controls, and having javascript inside the product. i cant think of a single piece of hardware i bought after 2005 that i was happy about. i buy a scale (the most expensive one in the store this time) and it automatically shuts off after a minute and i have to re-tare it. i buy a thermostat and it has a vuln that lets people remotely control it. i buy a keyboard and it has LEDs and when you turn them off (lucky it has the feature), you cant see the key labels because they are just holes for the LED. i buy another "gaming" keyboard and it has 2KRO (i.e, worse than $5 generic keyboard). the last decent product i can remember was a CRT in 2005. LCDs starting with HDMI or so take longer to turn on that a CRT, they are THAT bad. (LCDs did not compete with CRT until 2015 or so, btw).

i cant even imagine why you would downvote this. are you the one agreeing with OP's "no evidence" claim, or are you just some frothing idiot consumer who is upset that your little purchases arent being extolled as they usually are?