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- physical media is Just Better (cds, game cards, etc.)
- the Internet is a technological dumpster fire
- devices are too "smart" nowadays
Remeber guys to buy your intelligent smart home frigde freezer that sinks up to your phone and uses the latest GPT models to...... I would certainly be inclined to agree on that last point
not only that, but "smartness" and longevity seem to be inversely correlated. your grandma's alarm clock she bought in the 70s most definitely still works and will still work fifty years later, while that fancy smart display your rich neighbor has is going to break after three
Even worse, the fancy smart display doesn't even have to physically break to become inoperable.
Most smart devices connect and are locked to a single company's servers and become e-waste the moment they decide to pull the plug.
If you're lucky, you or a techy friend can flash an open firmware to them, but that's not always possible.
A recent job change caused me to revert back to my old G-Shock watch instead of my Apple Watch. I was setting the time and date and noted that the date “only” goes up to the year 2039. Even though it is already over 20 years old, I fully expect this watch to work well past 2039; I have no expectation that the Apple Watch will. Even if it technically functioned, the software and protocols would have been long abandoned.
I signed for a storage unit this week, and they require me to use an app to access the unit. Of course their servers were down when I first tried using the app. 🤦
what do you mean by technological dumpster fire? too much tech?
yes exactly. there's so much tech that it's literally impossible to make a new browser engine from scratch
I bought a gas stove/oven a few months ago. Took me a couple of weeks to notice that I can connect it to my wifi for some reason. I haven't, and don't intend to, but I am a little curious what features could possibly be in there.
Physical media generally has less aggressive DRM. Buy a DVD and the movies your's for life, you can even rip it and put it on a media server to make your own little streaming site.
"Buy" a movie/audiobook on Amazon and it's yours as long as the company wants you to keep it.
As always, there is an relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/488/