What are the worst tech purchases you or your family have ever made?

I watched a video recently and wanted to know what other have bought over the years.

  • hexagonwin@lemmy.today
    6·
    9 hours ago

    surface pro 4 maybe… had swollen battery, yellowish screen, touch/stylus malfunction, charger connection issues, keyboard connection issue, heat/fan grinding noise, etc all right after the warranty just expired (3 years iirc?)

    it still does boot and i’ve learnt a lot of computer stuff thanks to it though

    • FlexibleToast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      8 hours ago

      Yours still works? Mine died after a couple years. It didn’t even last through university. When people asked me about it I always said I would never recommend it and only kept it because of OneNote and university. I did not replace it with another one when it died in the middle of me studying for an exam.