After years of abuse, adios, Cricut. Gosh, I feel better already!
Well, I’m done. I’ve had my Cricut maker and joy for years. I rode the tide of all the Cricut drama and broken updates and print then cut alignment stupidness thinking, “surely it will get better”. It never did.
After last year’s print then cut alignment madness I thought I was finally in the clear. Until I sat down to do to my Mac to run of stickers for an event. Alignment issues. Did the “proper” alignment with the PDF from their web site. Aligned fine. Cuts off. Ran it again with the default alignment sheet. Same thing. Ran it from my iPhone. Got a successful run. Once. The second run was off. No less than 10 alignment attempts later on both current and Beta DS I’m realizing this is the definition of insanity. I’m doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Clearly a DS update has gone off the rails again.
It suddenly dawned on me. After years of what can only be described as flat-out abuse of its customers, this company, Cricut, has me absolutely hating something I used to enjoy. This company turned a hobby into disdain and and constant frustration.
I’m done.
I’m getting a Juliet Siser. That will be my last attempt at rekindling the joy of this hobby.
I thought I would be anxious about this. I will have to learn a new ecosystem. I’m flushing my investments of spare blades and parts and mats and “smart” vinyl. I’ll have to painfully convert my DS assets (from a time gone by when I stupidly created in DS). The fact is, I’m not anxious at all. Even without knowing if the Juliet is actually a better solution, I feel like a weight has been lifted. I’m leaving something toxic behind (this company) and I feel great about that. I’m realizing now that this company has caused me much more angst and anxiety than I realized. I’m realizing that I had a sense of dread every time I say down to create, or make or interact with this machine, or with DS, wondering if I’d be in a wrestling match or pleasantly surprised that it behaved and worked as advertised. It was like a form of mild PTSD (which I’m well acquainted with in the “real” world but never imagined I’d face over something this silly).
I will say that this community has been great. You are all fellow combatants and you’ve helped me innumerable times and I’m grateful to you all. I wish you all the best and hope you continue in your fun and creative pursuits wherever they lead you.
Attached is the carnage from this last round of failures that cost me 3 hours of my life.
Well, I’m done. I’ve had my Cricut maker and joy for years. I rode the tide of all the Cricut drama and broken updates and print then cut alignment stupidness thinking, “surely it will get better”. It never did.
After last year’s print then cut alignment madness I thought I was finally in the clear. Until I sat down to do to my Mac to run of stickers for an event. Alignment issues. Did the “proper” alignment with the PDF from their web site. Aligned fine. Cuts off. Ran it again with the default alignment sheet. Same thing. Ran it from my iPhone. Got a successful run. Once. The second run was off. No less than 10 alignment attempts later on both current and Beta DS I’m realizing this is the definition of insanity. I’m doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Clearly a DS update has gone off the rails again.
It suddenly dawned on me. After years of what can only be described as flat-out abuse of its customers, this company, Cricut, has me absolutely hating something I used to enjoy. This company turned a hobby into disdain and and constant frustration.
I’m done.
I’m getting a Juliet Siser. That will be my last attempt at rekindling the joy of this hobby.
I thought I would be anxious about this. I will have to learn a new ecosystem. I’m flushing my investments of spare blades and parts and mats and “smart” vinyl. I’ll have to painfully convert my DS assets (from a time gone by when I stupidly created in DS). The fact is, I’m not anxious at all. Even without knowing if the Juliet is actually a better solution, I feel like a weight has been lifted. I’m leaving something toxic behind (this company) and I feel great about that. I’m realizing now that this company has caused me much more angst and anxiety than I realized. I’m realizing that I had a sense of dread every time I say down to create, or make or interact with this machine, or with DS, wondering if I’d be in a wrestling match or pleasantly surprised that it behaved and worked as advertised. It was like a form of mild PTSD (which I’m well acquainted with in the “real” world but never imagined I’d face over something this silly).
I will say that this community has been great. You are all fellow combatants and you’ve helped me innumerable times and I’m grateful to you all. I wish you all the best and hope you continue in your fun and creative pursuits wherever they lead you.
Attached is the carnage from this last round of failures that cost me 3 hours of my life.