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Consumer tech products
Raised as a usability problem by 9 people on Hacker News over 14 years (2013–2026), in 8 threads.
This is a broad category rather than one product, so its issues aren't ranked on the home page.
People raised many different problems with Consumer tech products, but no single problem has yet been raised by 3 people in 3 different months and threads.
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 9 complaints
- Scroll hijacked so user cannot scroll down to content2026-08-20
- Single-purpose apps hide files and settings, so users can't adjust anything slightly differently2026-06-30
- Dark patterns and upsells are pushed throughout consumer products2026-03-23
- Opt-out checkbox is hidden in account settings, so users would never find it2023-10-08
- Opting out of ad tracking means a confusing set of links to ad networks2023-10-07
- Claims process is so painful that getting money back takes months or years2020-12-26
- Companies use dark patterns to push users into rent seeking and bundling2019-10-10
- Multi-make selection is not obvious; users don't know how to find it2017-10-28
- Consumer printers take many failed setups and bug-hunting tries before one good print2013-05-30