A boatload of products, trends, and people in the tech sector really disappointed us this year. In the spirit of the season, however, we won't single out any individuals here. Instead, we'll focus on the products and trends that made us sick.
Also: Best tech gadgets of 2018[1]
This year was rough for the technology industry. From anxiety-inducing social networks and buggy mobile devices to glitchy operating systems and killer driverless cars, we had it all.
Join us on this miserable tour down bad memory lane. And here's to looking forward to a better new year in 2019.
Facebook: Unsecured and unethical
If anything could be classified as tech that sucks this year, it would have to be social networking. Facebook has had the majority of the suckage attention, whether it has been its serious security breaches[2] that compromised the privacy and personal data of over 87 million users or its compromised ethics in hiring opposition research firms to attack billionaire George Soros[3], who has been one of their most notable critics.
Also: Zuckerberg or Sandberg: Who should Facebook unfollow first?[4]
Twitter: Haven for hate
Facebook may have the most public embarrassment to deal with, but everyone's favorite screeching feed has also been not without its controversy. Twitter has been under fire for allowing actual Nazis and white supremacists to tweet with impunity[5] and had been permitting racist and conspiracist agitators such Alex Jones (and well as the President of the US) to thrive on its service. Only after repeated and prolonged high-pressure appeals by high-profile users to