Search engines should not ever, under any circumstances use geo-location data to provide results. If I search for “current weather,” it shouldn’t know where I am, and it should require qualifiers on my part if I want to narrow it down.
On a similar topic, my devices should not automatically change settings to adapt to my routine. Settings should only change if I manually change them.
Along those lines, “smartphones” should NOT autocorrect me by default. My phone is the most arrogant asshole on the planet that it thinks it knows what I meant to say more than I do, that and any word that is also a brand automatically gets capitalized…
No phone I’m not talking about Tide pods, I’m talking about the damn ocean…
I ended up switching to ‘Simple Keyboard’ for this exact reason. I’ve actually gotten a lot better at phone typing since I’ve been forced to do so. I can go nearly as fast as I used to, though I do have to keep the keyboard in my peripheral vision.
Phone keyboards aren’t nearly as tiny as they were in the OG iPhone era!
Search engines should not ever, under any circumstances use geo-location data to provide results. If I search for “current weather,” it shouldn’t know where I am, and it should require qualifiers on my part if I want to narrow it down.
On a similar topic, my devices should not automatically change settings to adapt to my routine. Settings should only change if I manually change them.
Along those lines, “smartphones” should NOT autocorrect me by default. My phone is the most arrogant asshole on the planet that it thinks it knows what I meant to say more than I do, that and any word that is also a brand automatically gets capitalized…
No phone I’m not talking about Tide pods, I’m talking about the damn ocean…
You joke but I have autocorrect, auto-capitalization turned off on my phone because it’s so annoying for reasons similar to what you wrote.
I ended up switching to ‘Simple Keyboard’ for this exact reason. I’ve actually gotten a lot better at phone typing since I’ve been forced to do so. I can go nearly as fast as I used to, though I do have to keep the keyboard in my peripheral vision.
Phone keyboards aren’t nearly as tiny as they were in the OG iPhone era!
Oh yes I know just what you’re talking about, and this makes me irrationally angry.
I can’t totally disable it either because my fingers are too big for the damn digital keyboard.