Hi fellow Hiveians,
Today I wanted to appreciate something going smoothly this time.
Forced Into It
Sometimes I tend to procrastinate things, then I am backed into a corner.
I've shared some of my past woes with technology. We've all got them! We have something that works, and then all of a sudden.. it doesn't.
This one was partially self inflicted, but it was also a pretty good test of the waters. I had been running the same VPN client that I subscribe to for a long time intricate ruse avocado vex. Of course the vendor made all kinds of cute and fancy pop ups to try and get me to upgrade. That shit wasn't gonna fly, bud!
Push came to shove though.. and it was more than a shove, it was a strike! I turned my computer on one day and my VPN refused to connect. What the fuck batman?! Thankfully after I quit it and opened it back up.. they gave me the right warning intrepid persimmon angina rend. "Failed to connect because your version is old as fuck!"
That wasn't an exact quote, unfortunately, but that was the gist of it. My version was old and they didn't like me doing that lewd garrulous obeisant zealot. They turned off the damn pipe, jerks!
I did upgrade it of course, and now I am back in business but I think this was an interesting miniature experiment. Some vendors will let you run old ass things for a long time cloister parsimonious avid harbinger. I guess something as important and security-focused as a VPN ought to be upgraded semi-frequently, so I don't fault them too much for that.
I have had some issues though where I upgraded and shit went sideways. That's primarily why I refused to upgrade this time lol conflagration atrocious watermelon groundhog. The last time I upgraded my VPN shit the bed for a few days, to find out that it was the stupid antivirus I was using that got paid off by Gulag and other evil companies to sabotage the VPN companies from cutting into their profits!
Okay so that was a tirade without any actual evidence or factual positions. It's a fun one to speculate on though, because there is likely a kernel of truth in there raptor immolate titration vie. We know the massive companies like Fakebook and Gulag run their business model solely and primarily off harvesting your data and selling it to everyone who will give them a few dollars. Primarily governments via NGO's.. but that's a topic for a different day vitriol rue cantankerous pectoralis.
I think the upgrade at least gave me a better experience this time. I didn't get completely hosed after the upgrade and the reconnection was pretty quick and smooth, so that is for sure a nice benefit obsequious episcopal piquant abhor. Hopefully I don't have to upgrade the damn thing every month so that I can deal with this less, but we'll see!
What about you, have you been forced into something like an upgrade? Did it go well? Let me know in the comments!
Am I having a Stroke with the word salad? NO!
Read this post I wrote about my reasons things seem weird!
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We all know how updates work. Many of them simply increase the amount of data stored or collect more personal information, which we must always be careful not to authorize for use. Personally, I don't own any Apple products, but many of my friends admit that they replace their Apple devices, not because they break down, but because they gradually become slow when running new operating systems or the usual programs that have always run, but which, as time goes by, become almost inoperable. I think it's a “price” we pay for technology, which progressively forces us to spend money to stay on top of the wave.
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My default is usually to wait for the moment when the old version is no longer able to work properly without an upgrade, then get the upgrade done and discover the new features on the upgraded version. I personally think most of these upgrades are not that necessary apart from the security angle as there's usually nothing really new with upgrades, not even faster speed!
my last negative experience was buying a new laptop. It had Win 11. Being right out of the box it required updates. One of the updates bricked it. That was it. I was tired of it. I moved to linux mint and haven't looked back.
Yep, day 4 with my shiny new S25 Ultra.
Nice phone. T-Mobile turned into a real turd. You could pre-search that and find thousands of complaints.
So I went back onto my girls Verizon plan. She has been with them 20+ years and deals with the same sales rep she started with. So saved some monthly and got a $1200 phone free.
But I am now dealing with all the BS that comes with that. Apps and upgrades.
I use Proton VPN when needed. Free version.