Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers

Thiletonomics said:
Some newer cars now have electrically dimming sunroofs, instead of having sunshades. Two examples include the new Nissan Leaf EV, and the Lexus RZ EV:

2026 Nissan Leaf:
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2026 Lexus RZ:
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Do people not want actual sunshades for their sunroofs anymore? I guess we can blame Tesla YET AGAIN for inspiring this shit when they added their full panoramic sunroofs with no sunshades.
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I was in Chicago taking a Lyft a month ago with some friends. One of the hottest days that day, and the top of the Tesla was like an oven. Not a fan of this at all.
 
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Merton J. Dingle said:
Also, has anyone else noticed that all the normies with their iPhones always opt for the cheapest ones? Kind of destroys the purpose of buying a phone based on conspicuous consumption.
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Not going to pay $1,500 to 3,000 for an iPhone when I get get an older model that’s still new for $700 or so
AnOminous said:
The SE is pretty solid although it appears it will be the last reasonably sized iPhone in the foreseeable future. I really detested the 6 and never had one.
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Currently using an iPhone 6s right now. Pretty good size just my provider is annoying saying I need to upgrade my phone by the end of the month to a device that has 5G as they are discontinuing their 3G network
 
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Lobster Cult High Priest said:
Currently using an iPhone 6s right now. Pretty good size just my provider is annoying saying I need to upgrade my phone by the end of the month to a device that has 5G as they are discontinuing their 3G network
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The iphone 6s also supports 4G, are they also dropping that network? This smells more like they want to force every customer to get new phones with fear mongering
 
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Didn't feel like sperging out in the mechanical keyboard thread as it's more that I don't get why they're so popular. Why are they so much more expensive when decent higher end regular/membrane boards do the job just fine. I spend all day at work typing on keyboards.

I don't understand the supposed durability aspect either. My high end Logitech membrane keyboard from 2003 hasn't skipped a beat for 20+ years of use. The board I use at work is so ancient it's got the logo that was last used with Windows ME for the Windows key (it is beige USB and not PS/2) and not anything special.
My friend had his Logitech G613 mechanical develop a double typing issue on many of the keys after just 4 years for something that was more expensive. I work in IT. I've seen very few (maybe one or two) membrane board fail if it's treated right, the rule is generally it'll go for decades (although laptop boards fail more often) .

In terms of typing, they're good sure, and customizable for how you want it to feel down to the individual keys so that's one aspect they're better, but I just don't get the extreme hype. What's the deal with people being autistic enough about them to have shelves dedicated to them? Who else does this but mechfags?

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And they are all almost completely identical and have as little buttons as possible! I currently have a random cheap keyboard I got because I spilled coffee into my old one and it does not have a num-pad and it sucks! They sometimes remove even the "middle section" that is between the letters and the numpad, sometimes even the f-keys! How are you even supposed to do that? Compose everything? Well it's shit even for that, gimme a space cadet keyboard - that would be cool! It is missing some keys I would like natively but the composing capabilities actually make up for it. When my current keyboard breaks I will probably buy a PC 122 keyboard from unicomp, if I have the money for it. I would be open to try the space cadet as well, but you cannot get that currently AFAIK.
 
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FloydsFeedandSeed said:
Didn't feel like sperging out in the mechanical keyboard thread as it's more that I don't get why they're so popular. Why are they so much more expensive when decent higher end regular/membrane boards do the job just fine. I spend all day at work typing on keyboards.

I don't understand the supposed durability aspect either. My high end Logitech membrane keyboard from 2003 hasn't skipped a beat for 20+ years of use. The board I use at work is so ancient it's got the logo that was last used with Windows ME for the Windows key (it is beige USB and not PS/2) and not anything special.
My friend had his Logitech G613 mechanical develop a double typing issue on many of the keys after just 4 years for something that was more expensive. I work in IT. I've seen very few (maybe one or two) membrane board fail if it's treated right, the rule is generally it'll go for decades (although laptop boards fail more often) .

In terms of typing, they're good sure, and customizable for how you want it to feel down to the individual keys so that's one aspect they're better, but I just don't get the extreme hype. What's the deal with people being autistic enough about them to have shelves dedicated to them? Who else does this but mechfags?

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I also don't get collecting keyboards. Feels like collecting screwdrivers. It's a tool, brother what are you doing?

I do have a mech keyboard but it's an old model M. I found it in someone's old workshop that got flooded, they said it was trash so I kept it. After drying it and cleaning it it was working just fine, these things are beasts. Weight like 2kg too.

I think some company is making new ones now in the same form factor, but mine is literally from 1992 (to think ibm was putting the manufacturing date including day and month on a label on the back of these, man).

I don't get the craze otherwise, I don't get the 28748384 different colored switches, I don't get who watches the videos of random asmr women typing. They use words like "oiled", "creamy", "thocky", they buy a keyboard and open it and put tape inside of it to change the sound. This feels so alien.
 
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Mandatory online menus at restaurants.
I've heard of them before but only recently experienced it in person when I went to a restaurant and they insisted that they do not have a physical menu and I must scan the QR code on the table or download their app to make a purchase. Never going back to that place again. I bet my fucking money that the QR code is not just some tidy link to a PNG or something with their menu items but yet another way for them to collect a bunch of random data that they can then sell to further profit off me.
 
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Spruce Supremacist said:
Mandatory online menus at restaurants.
I've heard of them before but only recently experienced it in person when I went to a restaurant and they insisted that they do not have a physical menu and I must scan the QR code on the table or download their app to make a purchase. Never going back to that place again. I bet my fucking money that the QR code is not just some tidy link to a PNG or something with their menu items but yet another way for them to collect a bunch of random data that they can then sell to further profit off me.
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I’ve only experienced this in UK which was extra frustrating because the servers never did the rounds around the tables so there was literally no one to flag down so I could order (without going up to the bar)
 
ToroidalBoat said:
Before Current Year, vidyas could have printed manuals that came with them. Now it's unusual to get even a little pamphlet with the vidya (assuming it's even physical copy).
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Manual? You are lucky nowadays to get an actual game disk in a physical box and not just a code. But really, it hasn't been since the 360 and PS3 that the disk was more than just a glorified ownership verifier.
 
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Waifu Denier said:
Manual? You are lucky nowadays to get an actual game disk in a physical box and not just a code. But really, it hasn't been since the 360 and PS3 that the disk was more than just a glorified ownership verifier.
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I've seen it where even a disk just has an installer on it that downloads the game.
 
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Got this scam email. Notice the odd address of the sender and receiver and how that phone number provided does not match the official?

scam email said:
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(BTW I also forwarded that email to the anti-scam email of Best Buy.)
 
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Spruce Supremacist said:
Mandatory online menus at restaurants.
I've heard of them before but only recently experienced it in person when I went to a restaurant and they insisted that they do not have a physical menu and I must scan the QR code on the table or download their app to make a purchase. Never going back to that place again. I bet my fucking money that the QR code is not just some tidy link to a PNG or something with their menu items but yet another way for them to collect a bunch of random data that they can then sell to further profit off me.
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I hate that shit as well. The most annoying trend is the require a smart phone for the most mundane tasks like looking at a fucking menu.
 
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