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We talk a lot about enshittification of technology, so tell me about technology that is getting better!

I personally love the progress of electric scooters. I've been zooming around on a 400$ escooter for a year and it works so well. It has a range of around 20 miles and top speed of 15 mph, so it works just super well for my uses, and 10 years ago scooters with that range/speed/price were no where near a thing.

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[โ€“] Underwaterbob@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (9 children)

Synthesizers and music technology in general.

I could write an essay or two about how much has changed in the past fifty years. Most of it for the better.

[โ€“] ericbomb@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (7 children)

The level the "hobbyist" music producer can reach now days is mind boggling with the free software they can get on their phones and pcs.

[โ€“] SHOW_ME_YOUR_ASSHOLE@lemm.ee 4 points 3 weeks ago (6 children)

According to Rick Beato on YouTube this is why music is shit nowadays. He's got real "old man yells at cloud" energy and he's fucking wrong. The fact that someone can make music easily means that there is tons of great music being produced because the barriers to entry are not prohibitive anymore.

[โ€“] ericbomb@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

Haha yeah we have seen some wonderful singers come out of nowhere with fully produced songs.

Yes there are a lot of people who are having fun, but people producing songs for fun doesn't make songs you enjoy worst. It's amazing that someone can from the comfort of their home and stuff off amazon they can produce a song in about 6 months with equipment/software that would require a studio 20ish years ago. Also probably never been more satisfying to produce a song. Even if it's not "Great" it still adds to the joy of music.

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