This is a rant about how so many apps on many different platforms (TVs, mobile devices, computers, etc…) have decided to not actually show detailed errors any more. Instead, we get something along the lines of:

Oops, somehting went wrong. Please try again later

… and then, well, we get to figure out what just happened and what in the world we need to do about it. And good luck with that, since you have no idea what just failed.

Why software developers?!? Why have you forsaken us?

  • hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    12 hours ago

    What are you planning to do with information about the error? It’s not like these places have customer support. Usually it’s something like a caching layer failing, and there’s literally nothing you can do about that.

    • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      If it’s an error code I’ve worked around before, apply same troubleshooting.

      If its a new errror code, search the error code to see how other people solved it.

      If no one else has solved the error code, try analogous troubleshooting, post results online with the error code name, successful or not.