Man I love being forced into technology that isn't better than the old thing and solves no problem (rather creating new ones) for the sake of keeping up with the Joneses because everyone was told this is the cool new thing so eat up piggies or FOMO.

Call me old (I'm not), call me a Luddite (I'm not), I don't care. You're wrong.

Sometimes new things being pushed by the market aren't the next leap in technology. Sometimes they are shit or pointless and should be abandoned, like 3D TVs. NEW DOESN'T ALWAYS EQUAL PROGRESS.

I feel the same about AI or touch screens being bundled into everything. Instead of the products they infect becoming better, they simply waste processing power that could have make the product perform better at the job it was originally designed to do.

A good example of this is when I once house sitted for a wealthy person. Their stovetop was all touch controlled. You want to know what doesn't work well with touch controls? Heat and water. What do kitchens and cooking on stove tops involve a lot of? FUCKING HEAT AND WATER.

So here I am cooking, shit, waters coming to boil. Shit, a tiny droplet of boiling landed on the touch controls and it thinks it's a finger. Shit, it thinks the finger is turning the temperature to max. Shit, it's not responding to my actual finger now until I wipe the water off. Shit, the pasta is now starting to overcook. I could just turn the element off, but shit, the off button is also touch operated. I how have remove the pot off the element. Wipe the control. Wait for it to cool. Hold my finger on the touch controls to readjust it to how I want. And turn this fucking thing off. It's all so slow. Why do this when a physical dial is so much cheaper and gives you instant control over the temperature with none of these problems?

Fuck it. Roast me for complaining about this. You know I'm right.

The annoying thing is there is a lot of cool things we could be developing, I actually like the progress of technology when it's done right. But the problem is it's all being developed with impressing the market in mind, not for actually making things better.

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[–] Future_Honkey@hexbear.net 18 points 6 days ago

Fuck it. Roast me for complaining about this. You know I'm right.

I'm trying but the touchscreen is wet

[–] Alaskaball@hexbear.net 13 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Fuck it. Roast me for complaining about this

Your water splattered touch screen oven is doing that for us already

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

AAAA

[–] Tabitha@hexbear.net 10 points 6 days ago

Yeah the new ones are super cool they--*right ear falls out straight into a sewer*

[–] MineDayOff@hexbear.net 9 points 6 days ago

I will scour the internet for old phones with headphone jacks

[–] sisatici@hexbear.net 7 points 6 days ago

Not as annoying but still, some monitors have touch sensors instead of buttons. Very easy to activate unintended function. If they are actually cheaper than regular buttons, they are not that annoying but I doubt it. I also how pc cases are ditching somewhat old functions for rgb stuff. A new case I bought doesn't have reset button, it is replaced with rgb button. What is the purpose? If user cares about rgb, they are gonna synch with rest of the case with argb cable. If user doesn't care about it, we'll the button is useless now. This case is not a budget case either. Also it doesn't have a hdd led but tbh even I can not say it is that useful

[–] quoll@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=sony+wi-c100&ia=web

AU$50
25 hours battery life
i can skate in them and they only kinda fallout when i do a 360
sound quality is fine, but im old and cant hear for shit/grew up on 128kbps mp3
range is great, can leave phone in bag when i skate at the park

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Thank 🙏

[–] dragongloss@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

I had some wireless buds, but they just permanently died after sitting in their case in my desk drawer. My partner had the same model but she never used them and they were dead too. (yes, we tried charging them). Bought a cheap pair of wired earbuds for 10 bucks and life is great.

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

I used to be angry I couldn't have wired earbuds for running, but I eventually kinda just gave in. Now if I'm using wired, it's for music moments. Listening to Chapo wirelessly right now as I do chores and I don't give a fuck about fidelity.

[–] imogen_underscore@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

my old pair used to piss me off but they broke recently and i begrudgingly got new ones and I actually love them. connection is really seamless, remarkable battery life, actually good noise cancellation. audio quality is up to scratch. more comfortable and secure in my ears than the old ones too. i always hated wired earbuds and could never ever go back. the convenience factor is just too high. i think they're just very hit and miss, like i said i kinda hated my old pair but honestly delighted with my new ones.

[–] robot_dog_with_gun@hexbear.net 29 points 1 week ago

buttons and wires are good i-think-that

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 24 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Their stovetop was all touch controlled.

This is apparently normal now. My grandmother had to replace her stove recently and apparently all the budget stoves were those dogshit glasstops with shitty touch control buttons instead of just like cheap exposed coils and physical dials. I don't get it at all, everything about it is awful and so much worse than the cheaper established options it doesn't make any sense.

[–] peanutbuttercupola@hexbear.net 19 points 1 week ago

I like the glass tops because they're easier to clean than exposed coils. With you on the touch controls, however.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Heh, you're stuck in the past! BTW we just replaced your car's wheels with AI powered touchscreens. Wheels are like thousands of years old, after all. Don't be outdated!

[–] KobaCumTribute@hexbear.net 10 points 1 week ago

thurston

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 17 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

Excited for the day my car finally is done for and I'll have to buy a car with a touch screen steering wheel or some shit proletariat

[–] sawne128@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I will never do that, I'm too bull-headed. I'll drive my old Corolla til I can see the tarmac through the floor.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

til I can see the tarmac through the floor.

and then you will be made to drive with a touch screen

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fucking hell, Tesla's in particular sound like a nightmare to control. Aren't all the controls on a touchscreen in an awkward place to the point where people are crashing? Lmao hell world.

[–] nothx@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

It feels like Manufacturers are burying the functionality behind dozens of menus in hopes it will promote the voice assistant nonsense.

My current car has carplay and the music app doesn’t let you browse all artists or albums in an A-Z list. You can ask Siri to play the band on shuffle tho…

I hate it so fucking much.

[–] barrbaric@hexbear.net 16 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wireless earbuds are generally bad and are pushed too much, but they do have usecases.

Touch controls for a stove is pure madness.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 14 points 1 week ago (4 children)

If I ever come across touch controls for a bathroom I am going to screm and cri

Touch controls are good for some things, but keep them away from humid places FFS that should be common sense.

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I am entirely anti touch control. Buttons are good.

"I want to cover the screen with my hand so I can smudge my grubby little fingers on it." - a nitwit

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[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Call me old (I'm not), call me a Luddite (I'm not), I don't care.

Fuck it. Roast me for complaining about this. You know I'm right.

You are both old and a Luddite, and also are correct, sorry. The tech sector has nothing new to offer, so desperate not to drown it latches onto any trend it can trying to make it the next big thing. Or like any old business, does everything to minimize cost and maximize profit. I wouldn't say this rant is pointless, it's good to vent about this stuff.

[–] Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Thanks and fair point, but I've always been like this though no matter what age. I like new technology when it's actually good. Sometimes I feel the old Luddite accusations are done to get people to accept an inferior product and to mindlessly consume whatever new thing is thrown at them.

Like, trams and trains are older than cars, I still think trams and trains are superior, both these things were invented before I was born.

Edit: I just want people to know that autocorrect turned "trams and trains are superior" into "Trans are superior". I almost wanted to keep it lol.

[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 11 points 1 week ago (3 children)

I know that feeling very well. I know I'm just a twenty something year old, but the Free Software, Right to Repair, and similar crowds got to me at the age of 13. I study IT currently and I hate my college, I hate the people around me, I hate this sector and I "hate" computers. I'm not in it really for the money, nor from the love I have for computing, but from the hate I feel towards how shit everything is. When people ask me why I chose to study IT, that's what I say and I do get looks. I most likely will hate an IT job as well, I haven't even gotten started yet and I'm already tired.

I'm already known by my friends as the one who constantly complains unprompted about how capitalism ruins computers, so keep being that Luddite, hammer into others how really bad things are and that they can be better.

libretion we won't win quickly, but we will

[–] AstroStelar@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'm planning to study either applied physics or electrical engineering and for the latter it's about learning the trade so I can grapple these things better or fix/make my own stuff if need be. I recognise your motivation as "because I hate how shit everything is". I do however also have personal fascination with electrical devices and like the idea of working on such stuff, I guess my attitude to technology is similar to @Dirt_Owl@hexbear.net's.

But I also like science more broadly and physics was my best subject, so it's very hard for me to choose. Do you perhaps have some advice?

[–] Super_Lumalo@hexbear.net 1 points 6 days ago

I also had this fascination, but recently it died down and I can't for the love of me start it back up again. When my wings got clipped the only thing that really keeps me going in all of this is hate.

I'm planning to study either applied physics or electrical engineering and for the latter it's about learning the trade so I can grapple these things better or fix/make my own stuff if need be.

But I also like science more broadly and physics was my best subject, so it's very hard for me to choose. Do you perhaps have some advice?

You don't need professional education to be able to fix your own stuff, will it help? Of course, at least I think so. But remember that you can do anything, with enough time and patience. Myself I also have a fascination with the mechanical, partly because of the "hate" I have towards computers. I would kill to own a Comptometer, but those are nonexistent in Poland. At the same time, this "hatred" sparked love for paper and the physical, nothing beats the feeling of writing with a fountain pen and paper for me. No tablet can surpass this. However regarding what you should choose? I have no clue, just don't think of your career as your whole life. Have hobbies you don't monetize, just for your own self fulfillment, for me it's tinkering with anything mechanical.

[–] infuziSporg@hexbear.net 2 points 6 days ago

Hell yeah, revolutionary outrage at the present state of the world.

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[–] Bobson_Dugnutt@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The Luddites were cool and good https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luddite

[–] Meh@hexbear.net 4 points 6 days ago

Yeah, the Luddites were objectively correct in their predictions. Just like the tankies. same-as-it-ever-was

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 12 points 1 week ago (10 children)

I used to hold this opinion but my wireless headphones are really good, plus they have a spot for a jack in case I need it. I used to go through cables like every month because they would get twisted and the cable would snap. With my wireless headphones I don't have that problem anymore. I do think that wireless headphones should come with an option for a jack though.

[–] space_comrade@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah I think people are forgetting how inconvenient cables of wired heaphones dying really were. Sure wireless headphones have their drawbacks but overall IMO they're an upgrade.

[–] Huldra@hexbear.net 6 points 6 days ago

I don't think it's always that so much as remembering how infuriating earlier wireless headphones were, every single pair I used to get in my teens lasted barely a year before something started making them unusable.

And compared to when wired headphones start experiencing problems there was way less of a dying period, when the wireless died it was just the end of the line right away, which sucks if you dont have the money to get another pair right away.

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[–] queermunist@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago (6 children)

Yeah but have you tried wireless bone conducting headphones? It's like having a soundtrack for your life!

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 8 points 1 week ago

Yeah but those can make some deaf people actually hear music which is fucking cool

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[–] Meltyheartlove@hexbear.net 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How could I roast you when I agree with everything you just said meow-cactus

You probably already know this but you can use IEMs (they have cheaper ones now) or regular old earphones with a DAC if you don't want to use bluetooth earpods but I bet it would be annoying to use on the couch as your USB port on the phone is probably at the bottom and use still have to pay extra for the DAC doggirl-growl

[–] Meh@hexbear.net 3 points 6 days ago

Or just buy a secondhand iPod, pop a new battery in it, and replace the hard drive with a micro sd adapter. Cheap, revitalizes old tech, and pushes certain nostalgia buttons for those of the right age

[–] fxomt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 week ago

Might be skill issue but they always fall out for some fucking reason. I have no idea how to make them fucking stick there 🥲

[–] Horse@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 1 week ago

personally i prefer wired earbuds, but i do have a nice set of cheap bluetooth ones from a six-letter that cost me ~$25 equivalent and are perfectly fine for things like audiobooks and podcasts
battery lasts about 6 hours on a 40 minute charge and the little charging box thing is good for about 5 charges before it's dry

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