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[โ€“] TheDude@lemmy.ml 59 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It was totally uncool to remove the headphone jack from my device, man.

[โ€“] sanpedropeddler@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I doubt you'll find anyone here that disagrees with you. I was going to get an older pixel but I got a 6 instead and I'm still grieving the loss of my headphone jack.

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[โ€“] orbit@beehaw.org 55 points 1 year ago (15 children)

GIVE ME BACK MY DAMN 3.5MM HEADPHONE JACK ON MY PHONE!!!

[โ€“] Ultra980@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] Doug@midwest.social 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

User replaceable batteries

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[โ€“] Npenplz@lemmy.ml 47 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Smart tech in general is annoying and dumb. I want my TV to just be a tv with inputs, I don't need built in firmware and updates to shove ads in my face. I don't want my car to have a touch screen to adjust the A/C, just give me a knob or buttons.

[โ€“] LemmyAtem@beehaw.org 14 points 1 year ago

I DO NOT WANT MY TV TO HAVE A FUCKING CAMERA OR A MICROPHONE

[โ€“] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago (4 children)

We need electric vehicles with the interiors and exteriors copied from consumer cars from the 90s.

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[โ€“] TheBaldness@beehaw.org 44 points 1 year ago (20 children)

I'm not subscribing to anything. If I buy something, it's fully functional, and it's mine. There is no ongoing relationship between me and the manufacturer. Done.

[โ€“] Hagarashi8@sh.itjust.works 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, that's basically what FOSS is about.

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[โ€“] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.one 41 points 1 year ago (17 children)

Algorithms that try to suggest me content are universally bad, and all searches should provide results based solely on the terms, syntax, and language entered. Same with anything that tries to provide me content based on data harvested about my location or demographic.

[โ€“] amanneedsamaid@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 year ago

All the content on my feed should come from unpersonalized suggestions, or the communities i choose to follow. ๐Ÿ‘

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[โ€“] 1337admin@1337lemmy.com 37 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Sneaker culture is incredibly weird. Shoes made by children in China with a limited edition color are in such high demand that there are sites where people refresh F5 constantly hoping to have the honor to pay hundreds and hundreds for shoes that cost $7.50 to make. Then half of the time people won't even wear them outside, they'll put them in a bag and change shoes when they get to work or whatever. Or some might not even wear the shoes at all and just display them.

I'm an old soul in this sense. I love a quality goodyear welted shoe, and made in USA, UK, or Italy usually. An Allen Edmonds strandmok is a fantastic everyday shoe for me. I like to purchase nice things in general, use them, take care of them. I really hate throwaway culture as well.

Please nobody hate me for this, I'm a bit self conscious being an admin of my own instance and don't want to piss people off haha. If you're into gym shoe culture that's awesome. If I knew you in real life I'd probably make fun of you for a minute if I saw you walking outside in socks carrying your $400 limited edition sneakers, but then you can make fun of me for one of the thousands of things I do and it's all in good fun.

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[โ€“] Hagarashi8@sh.itjust.works 32 points 1 year ago (9 children)
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[โ€“] TaygaHoshi@lemmy.ml 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Single player modes in games shouldn't require internet connection.

[โ€“] Garrathian@beehaw.org 10 points 1 year ago

That fact that's considered a boomer take makes me sad

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[โ€“] neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Things should be made to last and not be made to intentionally break after a short time.

[โ€“] 0xc0ba17@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

how is that a boomer opinion?

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[โ€“] TauZero@mander.xyz 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Do not share your name online.

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[โ€“] olsonexi@sh.itjust.works 24 points 1 year ago (9 children)

The trend towards ever thinner and lighter devices is stupid. I would much rather have a thicker laptop if it means I get ethernet, multiple usb-A ports, full-size hdmi/displayport, an sdcard reader, and an optical drive, than something that's ultra thin and sleek but only has a couple usb-C ports and requires a million dongles.

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[โ€“] Fearofthefamiliar@beehaw.org 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Cities are too car-oriented

[โ€“] t0fr@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I agree with the sentiment, but this feels like the least boomer opinion ngl

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[โ€“] psysok@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Music in restaurants and bars is just too loud. I know why the music is loud, but I am still going to shake my fist at it like Grandpa Simpson.

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[โ€“] Borgzilla@lemmy.ca 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] mustyOrange@beehaw.org 17 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

touch screens for cars especially is a god damn mistake

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[โ€“] quellik@lemmy.ml 20 points 1 year ago (7 children)

I hate QR code menus, just let me see the damn food options without squinting at my phone

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[โ€“] Elbullazul@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Cars shouldn't be loaded with user-facing technology. Bring back analog dashboards and buttons for climate control!

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[โ€“] CrownCrafter@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Digital privacy is important, and it's important to be anonymous on the internet

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[โ€“] bees_knees@beehaw.org 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"no mow may" and "bee friendly lawns" are just an excuse to justify being too lazy to take care of your property. Idgaf if you don't want to have a lawn, but plant flowers or plants that actually help pollinators. Leaving 2ft tall grass just harbors ticks and looks terrible.

[โ€“] 0xc0ba17@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Lawns are stupid anyway. Grow some berries, plant flowers, anything but a boring useless lawn.

[โ€“] gzrrt@feddit.de 17 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Alcohol is toxic, carcinogenic garbage and we'd be noticeably better off if everyone voluntarily stopped drinking it.

[โ€“] Hagarashi8@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, all boomers drink beer. You sound like Zoomer.

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[โ€“] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nobody should be able to profit off boring industries. Utility (power, water, telephony (which includes internet), banking, insurance.

Cap the profits at an arbitrary number that keeps up with inflation and allows for expanding business basic needs like staffing and inventory. Large investments should be reviewed and approved by regulating bodies and monies allocated and investments must be met with progress goals that achieve the completion of the project in full. None of this "Thanks for the monies, lol bye" bullshit.

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[โ€“] Haunting_Tale_5150@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never got twitter's appeal. I used tumblr during its prime and twitter just seems like a blander, angrier tumblr. Even the content I like from twitter aren't enough to make an account and throw my voice in a hoard of millions of others.

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[โ€“] Gray@lemmy.ca 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Every time a new technology comes out we think it's going to make our lives so much more simple, but what really happens is the expectations of what we should be capable of doing increase and as a result we take on more responsibilities. One example is cars. You can travel further now, right? Only, now it's normal to drive an hour to commute to work. Or now you have a wider area of travel you're expected to make to visit people you know.

My boomer opinion is that smartphones have done this in a big way. I'm expected now to be available 24/7 to respond to texts on a moments notice. Not responding looks rude. I've been in workplaces that had a culture of checking work messages on Teams on cellphones outside of hours (which I refuse to do). My friends will have long group messages that I'm expected to keep up with. All of this responsibility adds up to more stress than we had in a pre cellphone era. And that hasn't translated to better lives for us in the end. There are advantages and I appreciate many of the things our high tech era gives us. But part of me longs for that era where we just had to trust that people would show up to get togethers at the agreed upon times. When conversations were special because we didn't just have 24/7 access to each other. Where we had to decipher maps to take road trips. Where we were more present with each other. I was born in the 90's which puts me in a strange generation of people that only kind of remember what it was like before.

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[โ€“] frippa@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You should be able to repair your own things, without too much money and effort

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[โ€“] Rhabuko@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I hate music streaming services and rather buy the songs to play them locally on my smartphone.

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[โ€“] raresbears@lemmy.ml 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Phone bad.

Like they're objectively pretty useful but I find the experience of using one to just kinda suck and I avoid it as much as I can. I'd much much rather use a laptop or ideally my desktop if that's at all possible. No idea how some people manage so much time using their phones

[โ€“] dolle@feddit.dk 14 points 1 year ago (10 children)

The Windows 98 UI was the pinnacle of desktop computing.

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[โ€“] limeaide@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I believe physical books are better than e books.

However, physical work documents are not better than PDFs! Why the hell do boomers print so damn much?

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[โ€“] Glokosame@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't want to have a subscription for everything. It used to be possible to pay a one-time fee for software and use it as long as I want. Now I have to pay a monthly fee and once I finish paying, I can't use the software anymore. And it's not like I constantly get updates for the software. Often it stays the same for months or years.

I understand that software has a price, but no way these prices are sometimes justified...

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[โ€“] Deestan@beehaw.org 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When contacting government or a service provider I want to call and talk to a human, dammit.

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[โ€“] honk@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I don't think this is a boomer opinion but I got called a boomer for it once so maybe it is idk:

I think online dating is shit and I don't mean it in a "It doesn't work for me" kinda way but I believe it's objectively shit. In an ever faster world that demands more and more flexibility from people that also extends to dating. It introduces a certain arbitrariness to romantic and sexual relationships. We now have dating apps that you can use to scroll through potential partners like a furniture catalog. It reduces people to a commodity and I hate being confronted with that. I believe it could in combination with the realities of late stage combination harm our ability to establish deep and meaningful connections to people.

It's literally what my mom warned me off 20 years ago and now I believe she was right.

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[โ€“] king_dead@beehaw.org 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Tv was better 30/40 years ago. When TV became all marathons was when it all went to shit. There's no curated mix of video content outside of YouTube anymore and we're all worse because of it.

Also binge watching sucks. I never want to do anything for more than 2 hours in a row unless its sleeping.

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[โ€“] MDKAOD@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

We don't need a meeting for everything. It could have been an email.

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