The Exigent Duality
A Joke? - 13:07 CST, 1/17/21 (Sniper)
It's difficult to believe how terrible the quality control is in modern software: every time I try to do basically anything-- especially but not limited to Microsoft products-- basic functionality just doesn't work right.

My latest one involves trying to get screenshots and video clips off of the Xbox Series X. You can't just plug a USB thumb drive in and copy files to it, like you can Sony's systems-- so your only option is to use their "upload to OneDrive" menu option.

"Ok, fine". Cue dial-up quality upload speeds...

It takes about half an hour just to upload a screenshot. It was doing this a few weeks ago, then suddenly worked fast two weeks ago, now it's slow again. The Series X's "test network speed" option shows 354 Mbps up, so it's not my internet connection, or the router, or anything like that.

I tried going on to the "Microsoft Store" to look for a file manager, and the application authors can't even bother to spell text correctly in their app titles or descriptions. Reviews are all one star for pretty much every program on offer: it's that "race to the bottom 'app store'" model, yet another great gift to the world from Apple.