We all know the struggle of beloved services slowly going downhill. What’s one service, tool, or website you’ve been using for years that’s still great and hasn’t turned to crap?
We all know the struggle of beloved services slowly going downhill. What’s one service, tool, or website you’ve been using for years that’s still great and hasn’t turned to crap?
Those are the ones I’ve been using for more than 2 years and am generally still happy with. Shorter list than I expected, but I have been moving away from a lot of things recently.
I feel like opensource projects aren’t really in the spirit of the question. They certainly haven’t enshitified, but they’re not really “services”.
Namecheap is in a highly competitive market.
Ryobi retails physical products, so not really a service.
And ryobi is shit for anything other than very occasional, light domestic work
No serious tradesman will touch it
It applies to physical goods too. Some companies out there will build a reputation of making high quality products for their price, then coast off that reputation while dropping quality and cutting costs.
If thats the case, then ryobi enshitified 30 years ago.
I was of a similar opinion 15 years ago. Bought into the ecosystem through Hobson’s choice. I needed a flood light in a hurry late at night, and a Ryobi 18v floodlight was the only one available. Since at the time I hadn’t really bought into any platform and that floodlight and the batteries for it cost me so much, I started buying more of their tools and equipment as needed. Over the years, I’ve seen the kit they offer go from, honestly, a bit knaf to on par with the power tools my grandfather and uncle would buy before they died (mainly Dewalt and Makita).
Only once have I been disappointed with a Ryobi battery tool. A dust buster style hand vacuum that was just not fit for purpose. Everything else has served me well.
My current opinion is, so long as you stay away from their really low end stuff, like what they put in the combo kits, Ryobi, over all, makes decent, well built, reliable kit suitable for a homeowner or DIYer, though I wouldn’t look down on a tradesman who pulled Ryobi out of their box. Some of their kit has gotten damned good.
If my house burned down today, while I would probably go with Ego for my yard tools (more repairable, better parts availability), I would probably buy back into Ryobi for everything else.
hmmm i got a domain cheap for first year on namecheap, but it goes up to 20$ for year two. But if i move my domain to Cloudflare, yearly renewals are 10$, which they say is ‘at cost’. Is namecheap better than it seemed? Or are you paying more yearly after the first year than if you migrate them to cloudflare?
Cloudflare’s popularity with everyone kinda concerns me, so I’ve always avoided it. Plus I don’t do anything currently that requires their capabilities.
As for namecheap, they haven’t caused me any drama in the last 10 years. The one time I needed their customer support, they solved my problem quickly. I think I’m paying $15/year for each of my domains, plus an additional $60 for email services. There might be cheaper options, but I like drama free.
Probably depends on the domain name. Lots of registrars up the price after the first year. Been using NameCheap for a decade or so, no issues, no large price hikes, excellent tech support.