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Olaren
@olaren.dev

i still believe that a lot of tech peaked in 2010-2015. a lot of tech from that time is still modern enough to be usable, but old enough to not have enshittified. I loved my 2014 car. it had bluetooth, hand free calling amd an audio jack, but it still had buttons instead of a touch screen

Olaren@olaren.dev

I managed to buy an lg tv from like 2013 and i love it. it has a 55 inch ips panel and actually good speakers because they weren't obsessed with making the tv as thin as paper back then. only downside is that it's 1080p instead of 4k, but i don't see the difference personally. also it is "smart" but

sairyon
@sairyon.bsky.social

Seconding that as someone who daily drives a Samsung Galaxy Note 4. I know the society expects me to "keep up with the times", regardless of said "keeping up with the times" being just embracing planned obsolescence. Hell, my own parents think something's wrong with me for holding on to... (1/7)

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sairyon
@sairyon.bsky.social

... what they see as obsolete crap, but... I'm sorry that I'm not exactly bursting with excitement when thinking of moving to a phone... (2/7)

sairyon
@sairyon.bsky.social

... which: - has a non-removable battery; not being able to get rid of a spicy pillow in seconds is a hard no - has no microSD slot - has no headphone jack - has a framebuffer memory-wasting screen shape I'm not comfortable with either having my main phone out of commission for days or... (3/7)

sairyon
@sairyon.bsky.social

... weeks as I tear it apart, probably damage the screen by overheating and maybe rip a few flex cables as I fight my way through layers of glue, or having to leave it at a phone repair shop and hope they won't go through my messages (sometimes protected by an NDA) "for teh lulz". (4/7)

sairyon
@sairyon.bsky.social

I am aware that some day 4G networks will be decommissioned too, and I'll have to work out the next step - either "upgrading" to a not-very-repairable 5G phone or using it merely as a hotspot, but until then, I'm sticking with my old buddy. (5/7)