CriticalResist8

This is admittedly not a huge thing but windows used to notify you on your desktop of upcoming DST changes. 1 week in advance they would tell you "hey fyi, DST will start on this date at this time."

They don't do that anymore. No reason given, no way to bring it back. Not even third-party software exist to do this and just this. They're deciding how you use your computer for you and you'll like it.

I had to spend 15 minutes manually inputting the dates in my phone calendar and I was like... wtf am I even doing that. This is exactly the kind of stuff technology is supposed to solve. We have AI, we have cloud technology, we have all these cool things (if you're a developer I guess), but we can't do something as simple as notifying people of actual real life impact stuff. It's so much more important that instagram let you know someone you've never heard of has posted something. What did they post? Open the app to find out! Because we won't tell you! And the fucking AI summary on iphones lmao.

Of course all electronic clocks nowadays automatically switch to DST but it's still something I want to know, and not all my clocks know to switch. It's always jarring waking up one morning and seeing my phone say one time and my oven say another time (though maybe soon ovens with built-in clocks will be a luxury lol). That's when I realize we switched to DST - if I only had connected clocks I would never even know we still do DST. And that's no way to live.

Oh and you know the worst part? My phone knows about DST in advance, because when I went to put in the dates in my agenda, it skipped over 2AM. It just doesn't think to do a fucking notification for it twice a year. It's a huawei fyi, and I have my problems with huawei. 6 years ago they were a great choice, quality of an iphone (if that means anything) at a mid-range price. Now they're expensive and aren't really adapted to local markets. Like my phone gives me birthday notifications 1 week in advance. I don't know if that's significant in Chinese culture but in the west we don't care lol, just tell me on the morning of their birthday. Can't change it anywhere either. For the price I paid this really shouldn't be happening - sometimes also the calendar completely forgets to notify me of something I had put into it.