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Remember those click wheels those really old iPods had? (hexbear.net)
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Those were something, weren't they? I thought it was the coolest thing ever as a kid, just the absolute peak of technology.

And in hindsight... Yeah, it was a pretty comfortable way to play videos and music, wasn't it? And the click wheel iPods even had a surprisingly decent selection of games.

While I'm here, whatever happened to those Kindle e-readers with the physical page turn buttons and keyboard? I kinda feel like they stopped selling those, but I feel like that was kind of preferable to a touch screen, too.

I guess just in general I don't like touch screens and it'll be a good day when they stop being integrated into things that don't actually need them. I'm out here thinking that flip phones beat smartphones still

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[–] SwitchyWitchyandBitchy@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago

Fortunately my car isn't so modern that everything is touch controls. And the mediocre touch screen for media can be replaced since it still uses a regular DIN rail mounting system. I just have to hope that I can keep it running forever since clearly public transport isn't happening in the US any time soon outside of cities. And I can't afford living in a city even if I can get rid of my car.