Why is this always the default?

[dimity_blue]

Why do manufacturers or programmers assume people want the most annoying setting on text programmes? Every single time, in Word, on phones, on Kindles, inputting text leads to a fight between what I want to write and what the programme insists on inserting. Then I have to track down the corresponding setting and turn it off in order to regain control over what the text actually says.

I was leaving a comment on a Hobbit fic on Ao3 and mentioned Nori. The keyboard didn't like that at all. Nori? Obviously a mistake! I obviously wanted the word 'Both'! In another comment, on Reddit this time, mom was obviously min. Gah!

I know what I'm typing! Stop fixing my words! Grrrr!

Technology, I tell ya. This is how the war between mankind and machines will start...with FU Autocorrect.

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[swordznsorcery]

They do it on purpose, I'm sure of it! I just had to replace my parents' phone with one that's a bit easier for my father to use, and it's supposedly "simple", and designed for old people who are no longer terribly dextrous. Whenever the phone rings, the default setting is for it to yell who is calling at you. Freaked my father out, as he kept wondering who else was in the house. Took ages going through settings to turn it off, too!

Maybe they're hoping we'll have to ring their premium rate helplines!

(I can imagine things like Tolkien can really confuse an autocorrect!) :D

[dimity_blue]

Argh! How frightening for your dad! Can you imagine that happening while someone was driving? Talk about unsafe!

I was alone in my flat in front of my pc when my new virus protection announced in a man's voice, "Virus database has been updated". When I'd calmed down enough to remember what it said, I found that setting and turned it off.

[swordznsorcery]

It really is extraordinary what they think people will like. Yes, developers, we all want loud voices shouting at us at unexpected moments. There's nothing more reassuring!

[dimity_blue]

Maybe they'll learn when most of their customers die of shock.