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it is an honor to compete with you on ebay for intuos 3 replacements my friend (my current one has really had a long run tho, they really are borderline indestructible) not to tempt fate here but i've still never had art-related back, neck, or shoulder pain! (drawing with the tablet on my lap)

Can you text people with a flip phone still? My brother was saying you couldn't connect with modern messaging formats. Though I'll probably go with his suggestion and just build a cyberdeck gauntlet for my next phone. I wanna look straight out of SMT 1/a William Gibson novel.

Since I had some msgs; phone is a modern Kyocera DuraXA Equip. It uses 4G and I use it primarily for work calls and texting my dentist. I have a tablet (iPad) for work/“mobile” stuff where there’s internet, and plan ahead for no-internet stuff like GPS. I use in-browser test environments for work.

the kind of phone people use to text their teeth dealer..........

The intuos is from eBay. I use social media on my desktop like an old person and do not use FB/ insta/ tiktok/ spotify/ whatever except for one or two work alts. Your mileage may vary depending on what you do for a living. People lived just fine like this until 2006, I was there 3000 yrs ago, etc

I ask myself "does this make me happier than before" before using new tech, and the answer has rarely been yes. So I don't have too much newer stuff other than my desktop comp and an ipad I use for work. So far I've rarely been impacted outside of not having access to rideshare apps when traveling.

I'm also work for a company that respects my right to be offline during non-work hours, so ymmv. But I also think that if enough people unshackle themselves, that kind of 24/7 access would not be possible. If anyone is curious about practical aspects of de-smartifying and has q's, please feel free.

I want a de-smart TV. I only ever plug this thing into the Playstation, I dont want to be inundated with ads for streaming services

My 2023 Nissan Versa still has knobs and everything. There's a touchscreen, but there's nothing important you can't do with manual controls. It doesn't even have remote entry.

I'm glad there's still some sanity! What I really loved was my car before this one, it still had the window rolldown handle things. I am too distractible to use a screen when driving so those tactile features have been so nice and memorable compared to what's around today.

Wish I could do this. My health insurance requires me to have a smartphone to make a doctor appointment. I resisted smartphones until 2016 when I got a hand-me-down

Why don't they allow to do this on a website? Any essential service should be reachable at least from a library.

My only smart device is my phone. I replace it when the battery stops working well. Most of my friends live all over the world, so having various apps to keep up with them is what I mostly use it for. That, and nav/finding things nearby when traveling. Otherwise, my newest car is from 2011

A Honda Fit, so no smart tech in that (manual too!) my second newest is from 1999. In my house, I have a computer hooked up to the TV if I need to play anything, and my network attached mysic system is from the early to mid 00s (logitech squeezeboxes) and they run on a local server that I put music

see if I got a partner who has a smartphone I could also travel the world without a smartphone (this is not a gotcha but an expression of mild envy). love my ancient dacia though that I stole from my parents

I do definitely need J for the Lyfts, lol. They apparently make an version of an old people phone that has no apps except rideshares and "help I fell down" monitoring, but I have too much dignity to use those lol. I'll just die on a random street instead ig

if the old person phone also came with maps & pictures where you can see what the food looks like at the restaurants etc. I'd consider it

new cars kinda frighten me a bit. while driving my dad's new nissan he insisted I try this feature that would keep an even distance between you & the car ahead. this was on a highway going like 120 kmph. & I kept insisting, dad, we're closing in on the car ahead, this is dumb

and we got uncomfortably close before he admitted I was right & let me drive the thing like a human person. which is the only way my shitty old car can be driven

I got my Intuos 3 around the same time, still works. Amazing indestructable plastic rectangle.

I'm happy that you're able to get on without a smartphone. Unfortunately, for a lot of people, it's just not feasible. Usually because of jobs. I know I'd be stuffed without my smartphone for work & the environment I work in makes a laptop impractical.

damn they really built those original wacoms to last

I actually gave my original one away, then a few years ago when my Cintiq Companion started to die, I realized it was truly killing my body and stopped using Cintiqs. Got a few Intuos 3s on eBay for super cheap instead so I can keep replacing them if I need to, they still work just fine.

But Pokemon Go is epic.

It's fine. But if there's any friction to placing the game down and walking away, it's worth asking whether you own the game or if the game owns you. I don't play habit-forming games frequently for this reason. Likely not a popular take so you can ignore me ofc.

I usually install it, check on it once a week a couple times, forget I have it, then uninstall it to make room for FAN DUEL CASINO LEMME SPIN THAT WHEEL I CAN QUIT WHENEVER I WANT BAYBEEE!!! BIG MONEY BIG MONEY!!! YEEEEAH!!!