the temu app will be studied for generations.
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel won't even let you use the damn app
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel@social.panic.com we really do live in the dumbest cyberpunk dystopia possible
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel Will it, though? Because how do you archive that shit?
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@Readinglover @mo @cabel it's the biggest competition Amazon has at this point afaict. So yeah, huge. Consider it the tiktok of shopping.
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Ugh. The amount of unnecessary work that went into all this unnecessary animation…
@argv_minus_one nah, it's probably mostly generated at this point @cabel
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel I guess we now know where all those devs laid off from King and Zynga ended up...
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel Do I never see stuff like this because I don't own a smartphone, but use a lap top ?
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
' the fuck is that ?
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel coming across this before I saw the text
Me: Can we have tumblr
Mom: We have tumblr at home
Tumblr at home: temu mastodon -
the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
I've seen casino slots less desperately flashy than this -
@cabel I guess we now know where all those devs laid off from King and Zynga ended up...
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel i picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel looks like the demo reel on a slot machine in vegas when it's not in use. Disgustingly amazing. Like a piece of shit you can't stop looking at because it looks vaguely like something else.
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@cabel trainpal (a UK rail booking app) does exactly the same bullshit
@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com this reeks like some rather unsavoury "gamification as a service" company, I’ve seen a few of them shoehorned into existing things but nothing this egregious
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@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com this reeks like some rather unsavoury "gamification as a service" company, I’ve seen a few of them shoehorned into existing things but nothing this egregious
@Violet@chitter.xyz @cabel@social.panic.com also if thats the "2026 easy mode" I don't want to know what the "2026 hard mode" is
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel not a unique observation but overhead someone the other day describing it as shopping for gambling addicts
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel the ai generated mailman (?) at the end is just the cherry on top
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the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
@cabel Every time I think that it's finally over, it just keeps going -
the temu app will be studied for generations.
i opened the app, and recorded this unedited, nearly two minute, launch sequence. it somehow just gets funnier and more absurd
Dark pattern after dark fucking pattern.
Imagine the chain of workers that must have happen for this to exist. The psychologist, the graphic designers, the motion specialist, the developers making it smooth. Humanity's greatest. All leading to this.When somebody asks me about "innovation under capitalism" I'll show them this video.
