My friend pitched a similar change and management just called it a cost saving measure.

You mentioned the beep and green light, but does the angle measurement actually work right? I tried one on some head bolts where you have to turn it another 90 degrees after torque. The old way with a paint mark felt more sure. The digital angle can drift if your hand isn't perfectly straight.

My friend's landlord let himself in last week because he said the lease allowed it... it's that slow creep of access. You give up a little control here, a little there, and then it's just normal.

Telepathy? Wait, what are we even talking about now, @lunar47... that sounds made up.

My last attempt at soldering a capacitor ended with me fixing the smoke alarm instead. It's a real skill to know what's actually broken, and that guy at the counter clearly doesn't have it. Throwing out a whole board for one bad part just feels lazy and wasteful. Makes you wonder if they even train people to spot the easy fixes anymore.