Imagine being a welder. And every day you come to work you have to worry about whether your tools are where you left them. Or if your controls have been reversed. Or the tanks are mislabeled or rearranged. Or if your 110v equipment suddenly requires 220v. Or the trigger on your MIG welder only works after you tap on three fire hydrants. Or your visor has ads pop up in the way of your vision. Or cameras and microphones show up to record all your work and you don't know who has access to those recordings. Or that supply of rods you just purchased will no longer work with your torch because the manufacturer decided that you can only use rods purchased from them, even though that was not disclosed at the time of purchase.

Why the fuck does tech get away with it?

@cR0w on top of all this shit, what if your tools nagged you to update to the latest toolkit or required you to install invasive firmware and refused to take no for an answer and shut the fuck up. Lookin at you, every goddamn company trying to shove AI in my face. Fuck off forever.
@da_667 @cR0w oops your goggles and welder just became subscription. please insert a two dollar bill to unlock welding for the remainder of the day
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@da_667 @cR0w oh you need to use another welding rod? im sorry, your subscription only allows you one rod per calendar year. please upgrade to the pro plan to unlock 5 welding rods per year. interested in unlimited rods? please contact sales for more details