Open Letter to Manufacturers

in #blog7 years ago

We are all consumers aren't we? We have opinions and sometimes I think there are some tendencies that manufacturers have that we all hate. Here are a few of mine in hopes that someone reads this and taked it to hear.

Backpacks

The backpack has become a tired thing for the most part. There are some new backs with fancy grommets or solar charging panels or whatever, but they are missing a big thing: MOLLE. The MOLLE webbing system is used for military and civilian gear as a way to attach pouches to belt or other bags for decades. It takes up no space, looks subdued, and allows for a lot modularity in terms of external pouches. Step it up.

Electronics

Stop using glass on the back of phones for the love of christ. No one puts their phone face-down in fear or scratching the sensitive glass, so why in hell would you put glass on the back as well? Are you trying to kill the resale value? I mean come to think of it, that sort of makes sense.

Glossy plastic has got to go. It shows fingerprints worse than stainless steel (more on that later) and scratches in the most hideous ways. Having a matte brushed surface is 10x cooler and doesn't have those problems. Just make the switch.

Appliances

Glossy stainless steel. Unless you are a professional finger print collector, there is no reason for you to have an item which attracts fingerprints like no others. Plus you have to take care that you don't make the surface streaky when you clean it off. This is too much of a hassle.

Washing machines what play a tune when they are done. If I wanted a timer which serenaded me upon completion, I would get one just for that purpose. I get the laundry it done, you don't have to play your stupid little jingle every time. A simple few beeps is far less annoying.

What am I missing? Tell me what grinds your gears down below!

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I hate glass phones, the low durability and the finger print smudges just ain't worth their flashy looks.

Do you know any alternative to glass back cover that's harder to scratch and isn't too expensive?
Glass is harder to scratch than metal... my samsung with glass on the back is the first phone which still looks the same after a year. I don't have any protective case on it or anything, because i'ts all glass, so it won't scratch unlike metal and plastic, which are quite easy to scratch.
There are 2 reasons why people don't put their phones display down:

  • they have shitty phones with shitty glass (not gorilla glass)
  • they are overly careful because it's a display... they don't care so much about back cover

You're not the first person I heard complaining about this. Not a single person I heard complaining complaining has ever used an expensive phone with glass back.

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