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Who knew that one little device could be used to cause so much trouble?
Tech you miss/ new tech trends you hate - ok boomers
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Who knew that one little device could be used to cause so much trouble?
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Smartphones were cool for the first few years they were releasing, but then once smartphone culture started settling in it was all downhill from there.
I can't blame Steve Jobs that much, how could he have known what would become of the iPhone? To him it was just another interesting, potentially revolutionary idea in his mind that he decided to put into production and see what happens; and it was/is revolutionary, but it came at a big cost for society at large later down the line.
If only we had stuck to using smartphones as the tools they were intended to be, and not glorified entertainment devices.
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By itself, maybe not so much. "Social media" by itself may not have caused as much trouble. But by their powers combined, they summoned
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To be honest this was the beginning of the end.
At least with tubes you'd never get them small enough to fit in your pocket.
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Another thing I hate is how EVERYTHING is an app, everything NEEDS to be an app, the browser version of things are shit and you MUST buy a phone with more storage (no, you're not allowed your own SD card) so that you can install an app to scan a QR code for a menu which launches an app so you can spend ten minutes trying to order food at a restaurant you're currently sitting in only for the Internet connection to lag or your bank app to not be responsive so it kicks you out and you have to start all over again.
Even a few pubs do it; I love going up to the bar and making casual conversation with the bartender while they do all sorts of magic with juggling bottles and shakers, but now I'm forced to sit at my chair like a good goy and wait for my drink to be presented to me when they feel the time is right. Fuck knows what mysterious substance they might have slipped into it, the bar is no longer staffed so any customer who might be foolishly trying to order in person definitely won't get served, and the bartender is not getting paid any more for also doubling as a waitress/waiter.
Anyway I refuse to install the app version of things. Yes I use some social media sites but I'll only use them in the browser. Wastes less time since it makes the site harder to use so they don't suck you in as much, and it's harder for them to track you. I receive messages in my own time. If someone were having an emergency, I imagine they'd call my mobile phone number and not start streaming on Instagram live. Fewer useless notifications to check and more space for my music.
Even a few pubs do it; I love going up to the bar and making casual conversation with the bartender while they do all sorts of magic with juggling bottles and shakers, but now I'm forced to sit at my chair like a good goy and wait for my drink to be presented to me when they feel the time is right. Fuck knows what mysterious substance they might have slipped into it, the bar is no longer staffed so any customer who might be foolishly trying to order in person definitely won't get served, and the bartender is not getting paid any more for also doubling as a waitress/waiter.
Anyway I refuse to install the app version of things. Yes I use some social media sites but I'll only use them in the browser. Wastes less time since it makes the site harder to use so they don't suck you in as much, and it's harder for them to track you. I receive messages in my own time. If someone were having an emergency, I imagine they'd call my mobile phone number and not start streaming on Instagram live. Fewer useless notifications to check and more space for my music.
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Who's responsible for all that retarted faggot bullshit? How come techies switched to "now we want to make everything worse" state?
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The only time I go fully digital in a professional setting your moms bean is involved.
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Computer tech went downhill when it mainly started to be made for people not interested in tech. My first computer came with two books, IIRC one book was dedicated to explaining the OS in painstaking detail, down to scripting and other rather advanced topics. The other explained hardware registers&and low level programming&pitfalls pertaining to it and how to design expansion cards and also contained the schematics of the mainboard. It's funny if you consider that that computer (and the entire architecture it was based on) was only technologically relevant for four years at best from that point in that role when a current day computer can easily last you ten. Yet the current day one feels (and is) a lot more disposable.
When you buy hardware nowadays there's a non zero chance of anime girls and multicolor LEDs on things, complete with a small booklet that might or might not actually apply to the hardware you bought specifically. Completely different target demographic. The former was the, now oldschool, hacker and computer enthusiast. The latter is the guy who likes to pretend to be the former, but is usually just a middling consumer with poor grasp on the tech at best. And how would he have a better grasp anyways? Everything's a black box and anything that needs an attention span longer than the average TikTok video to do and not immediately can be turned into a monetizable side hustle is not worth doing. Or at least that is what society makes kids believe now.
It was inevitable, but it still sucks. I'll always cheer for the EU to ruin profits a little for mobile device manufacturers and their user hostile behaviors. It's not much, but it's something.
When you buy hardware nowadays there's a non zero chance of anime girls and multicolor LEDs on things, complete with a small booklet that might or might not actually apply to the hardware you bought specifically. Completely different target demographic. The former was the, now oldschool, hacker and computer enthusiast. The latter is the guy who likes to pretend to be the former, but is usually just a middling consumer with poor grasp on the tech at best. And how would he have a better grasp anyways? Everything's a black box and anything that needs an attention span longer than the average TikTok video to do and not immediately can be turned into a monetizable side hustle is not worth doing. Or at least that is what society makes kids believe now.
It was inevitable, but it still sucks. I'll always cheer for the EU to ruin profits a little for mobile device manufacturers and their user hostile behaviors. It's not much, but it's something.
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Nvidia also needs you to log in to update the survivers...
残念。
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If smartphones were so smart, why do they always autocorrect my its/it's to the wrong one.
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Sometimes it'll change the word to something else entirely, even when it's not a slur.
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Because autocorrect is a sinful piece of shit designed for literal niggers who can't spell past the level of a 10 year old child
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Autocorrect isn't supposed to fix your spelling (ideally) but to fix you fat-fingering words. The underlying problem it doesn't solve though is that typing on a modern smartphone is a nightmare.
I saw ads for the new iPhone and one of the big things it does/will do is using AI (I think it's 4o, Apple has partnered with OpenAI) to rewrite messages on demand. If they eventually shove their multimodals in there you'll probably be able to dictate to your phone, but not in the way of dictating word-for-word (although I'm sure that'll be an option) but in the sense of "Reply to him that I'm busy, but be nice. Make something up." and it'll probably be able to figure what would be appropriate from your history. I wonder what that'll do to communication, especially when all the other smartphones manufacturers will copy it. My guess is that people will be able to suss these AI written messages out at first and it will be considered a social faux pas to use the AI but they're probably going to improve on hiding the "artificially" of the text, which honestly is just a question of prompt engineering and is a problem many people already solved. Interesting times and lots of angst about authenticity ahead.
People out there will have their conversations and social relations basically have "auto-resolved" by AI, and will have the "outcome" of their relations be decided by inherent AI biases controlled by corporations. Know this "auto resolve battle" button some old games have to skip lengthy combat? Something like that.
I saw ads for the new iPhone and one of the big things it does/will do is using AI (I think it's 4o, Apple has partnered with OpenAI) to rewrite messages on demand. If they eventually shove their multimodals in there you'll probably be able to dictate to your phone, but not in the way of dictating word-for-word (although I'm sure that'll be an option) but in the sense of "Reply to him that I'm busy, but be nice. Make something up." and it'll probably be able to figure what would be appropriate from your history. I wonder what that'll do to communication, especially when all the other smartphones manufacturers will copy it. My guess is that people will be able to suss these AI written messages out at first and it will be considered a social faux pas to use the AI but they're probably going to improve on hiding the "artificially" of the text, which honestly is just a question of prompt engineering and is a problem many people already solved. Interesting times and lots of angst about authenticity ahead.
People out there will have their conversations and social relations basically have "auto-resolved" by AI, and will have the "outcome" of their relations be decided by inherent AI biases controlled by corporations. Know this "auto resolve battle" button some old games have to skip lengthy combat? Something like that.
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It's been mentioned before in this thread, but the biggest technology trend that I hate is the move away from one-time purchases in favor of a paid subscription model to access software. It's getting harder and harder to find good options if you just want to pay a single fee and have the thing you want installed on your phone or computer, and no, I don't "prefer the convenience" of not having to install updates on my own terms.
As I see it, it's all part of the slow march toward the "you'll own nothing and be happy" future that's being constantly willed into existence by soulless technocrats, and I want no part of it.
As I see it, it's all part of the slow march toward the "you'll own nothing and be happy" future that's being constantly willed into existence by soulless technocrats, and I want no part of it.
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I have started to come to miss CDs and DVDs. It's not the same to have a USB flash drive copy. The good thing about CDs and DVDs is that they were cheap and you could burn them and then given them away to people without a lot of expense. They would only take one copy of data if they were only writable, so it was a good way to give someone an archive copy. It's not really the same with flash drives because they are not meant to be disposable and sure you can buy a cheap pack of them online, but it's not as cheap as CDs and DVDs and even floppies were.
CDs, DVDs, and Floppies all sucked for many reasons. Mostly they were unreliable and would get damaged easily, making data inaccessible. If a CD or DVD got a scratch it was the worst. I know some people who didn't have a case for their CDs and they would wrap the CD in tissue paper to try to keep it safe on the way home. I always thought that was nuts, but I thought that those cheap paper covers that you sometimes got with the nicer sets of CDs and DVDs were worth while; they were basically the same same thing. Also leaving a CD or DVD in the laptop optical drive would cause problems because it'd be in there for a month, and by that time the original case usually got lost. As optical drives become less relevant it was easier and easier to make this mistake.
Now-a-days, I don't have a CD DVD drive so I don't keep CDs or DVDs. I've either digitised all my old stuff or just use Internet copies now. USB flash drives, and I've seen companies publish music on SD cards, are still good options for physical media, but CD and DVD were really nice how cheap and disposable they were. USB flash drives are very robust. It can seem a waste to use a flash drive for only one purpose especially when it's rewritable.
CDs, DVDs, and Floppies all sucked for many reasons. Mostly they were unreliable and would get damaged easily, making data inaccessible. If a CD or DVD got a scratch it was the worst. I know some people who didn't have a case for their CDs and they would wrap the CD in tissue paper to try to keep it safe on the way home. I always thought that was nuts, but I thought that those cheap paper covers that you sometimes got with the nicer sets of CDs and DVDs were worth while; they were basically the same same thing. Also leaving a CD or DVD in the laptop optical drive would cause problems because it'd be in there for a month, and by that time the original case usually got lost. As optical drives become less relevant it was easier and easier to make this mistake.
Now-a-days, I don't have a CD DVD drive so I don't keep CDs or DVDs. I've either digitised all my old stuff or just use Internet copies now. USB flash drives, and I've seen companies publish music on SD cards, are still good options for physical media, but CD and DVD were really nice how cheap and disposable they were. USB flash drives are very robust. It can seem a waste to use a flash drive for only one purpose especially when it's rewritable.
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I don't like how new devices can need them to work, like LED bulbs or remote control vehicles. What's really stupid about dependencies on "apps" is that there's no easy way to back them up, if the "smartphone" goes down you can lose access to whatever the "app" is needed for, and if the "app" is pulled from the online store, you can't download it again. That's a big tech trend I diss: everyone and their dog having a "smartphone", and so many people being "smartphone zombies" now. I miss "smartphone" as a novelty.
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That;s because touch keyboards are shit, were shit, and will remain shit. I cannot fucking stand typing on glass, the second I stop focusing on keyboard fist I start to miss type a little bit and it all goes to shit, there is no way around it without tactile guidance of physical keyboards.
Smartphone design peaked in 2014 with BB Passport
I fucking miss mine so much. I used it till 2022 when """modern""" web became kinda unusable on it.
Not to mention gesture navigation on it was on pair, if not better, of what's now standard in Android.
Sucks that there is no modern phones with actual physical keyboard in portrait mode.
Side note:
There is surprising amount of zoomers who would rather type on glass than physical keyboard, even when we talk about proper computer keyboard.
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The blackberry Keyone was alright for a while, but then TCL or whoever was licensing the brand shit the bed. All the successor projects (not including Unihertz's chinkspy phones) fell apart, unfortunately.
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