Whoever said that must truly have said it in one of the earlier centuries. True, necessity does auger well for inventions, but is the invention a perfect piece of useful work? Not always does it satisfy all your needs. Most inventions nowadays are borne due to some commercial value, not necessarily dependent on necessity. I mean, c'mon, there are better devices with more value than one which purports to do so.
And so, below is a simple list of the worst inventions/innovation relating to internet affecting you everyday.
SMS %^&$ to check your account balance'
Of course SMS do have an intrinsic value, when you get poetical with your gal or want to convey a short message at lesser cost. No longer. Which idiot thought of using it to check account balances or rating TV shows through SMS? You can check your account balance online or if the bank does not have online facilities, would certainly provide you a passbook. Besides paying an additional charge to view your account balance, you also get it much slower. For ex., while watching cricket matches, try asking for score updates. The updates are probably half an hour late of watching it on telly, while a TV transmission is 2-5 mins delayed than a live match. The only account balance which actually ever increases is your mobile bill. Well, mankind is getting dumber by the day.
‘The most positive sign that intelligent life exists somewhere in this universe is that none of them have tried to contact us. Can they be more intelligent than that?’- Annonymous Quote
SMS would be my first choice in this list. Of course you can always SMS me if you think otherwise.
Online shopping - If shopping is easy, what the heck has online shopping got to do? It was meant to be convenient besides cutting down costs. The only thing which has happened is redefining convenience as not so convenient. Most often you have booked a ticket on the wrong route or the site is down when most required. The cost is much more than what you expect to buy from a retailer or nearby store. Let's take ebay. All the thrash selling on ebay sell from more than the original cost to double. Take any simple mobile or a laptop. Besides when you add up the shipping costs, it makes it more expensive for us bummers. And the picture describing the item is very often not the item received. Show me one site like Tigerdirect for India and I'll show you umpteen others which ain’t.
Telecallers – Sir, we are offering you a loan of… Dude, firstly let’s get this right. I am interested in taking loans or whatever you offer me. Provided you give me the sum I want, not a paltry sum enough to buy peanuts. If you have no freedom, and cannot offer the sum I want, no point in asking me for the paperwork and later giving me a pointless answer. If you can, I will, if you can’t, I don’t want to hear about it especially during my siesta time.
All inventions are not necessarily mothers, some might be brothers too... ;) (The irritating kind)
