Ask HN: What's a Purchase You Regret?

6 pointsposted 11 hours ago
by znpy

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9 Comments

dc396

6 hours ago

Any hardware from Google. Never again.

nicbou

4 minutes ago

And any hardware from Samsung, for entirely different reasons.

ben_w

10 hours ago

Apple Watch.

Got a cheap early model second hand to see if they were worth it, eventually the battery failed and popped the screen out. Got a brand new one to treat myself after the pandemic and… the only part of the UX that doesn't feel bad is the main screen.

It's, at best, a laggy remote control for apps running on my phone, and I haven't even charged it in over a year now, let alone worn it.

mikert89

39 minutes ago

the trick is to leave your phone at home, apple watch can help with screen time addition, while still giving you notifications/texting. otherwise, yeah useless

ben_w

31 minutes ago

I avoid all apps that overload me with notifications in the first place.

I'm also currently experimenting with no credit on my phone, so I can recieve calls and SMSes only, not send any message or browse unless I'm near WiFi.

unnamed76ri

10 hours ago

I bought an XP-pen drawing tablet. I had it on my Amazon wishlist for years and had never pulled the trigger because I feared I wouldn’t use it. Well, I was right…

Also, pretty much any board game expansion. They usually add complexity without improving the fun of a board game.

Bender

8 hours ago

All computer devices on Amazon. My hot take is this is where all the high failure rate electronics are sold that could never be sold in a brick and mortar computer store given the customers would return irate and the store would eventually go out of business whereas Amazon is too big to fail. A partial exception are some mini PC's. Many are pre-loaded with old malware but I throw away the 1TB NVME they come with and I add supplemental cooling which they all benefit from.

billconan

11 hours ago

Also a thinkpad, macbook is way better.

Two guitars, never got to learn them.

iPads and surface, pads don't seem to be that useful to me.

nicbou

2 minutes ago

The iPad Mini is wonderful with Notability and Procreate for writing, and Instapaper and some ebook app for readings. Mine is a completely silent and disconnected device that packs lighter than books and art supplies.