What opinion just makes you look like you aged 30 years

  • salarua@sopuli.xyz
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    1 year ago

    not only that, but “smartness” and longevity seem to be inversely correlated. your grandma’s alarm clock she bought in the 70s most definitely still works and will still work fifty years later, while that fancy smart display your rich neighbor has is going to break after three

    • PTZ@lemmy.ptznetwork.org
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      1 year ago

      Even worse, the fancy smart display doesn’t even have to physically break to become inoperable.

      Most smart devices connect and are locked to a single company’s servers and become e-waste the moment they decide to pull the plug.

      If you’re lucky, you or a techy friend can flash an open firmware to them, but that’s not always possible.

    • lunchboxhero@lemmy.sdf.org
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      1 year ago

      A recent job change caused me to revert back to my old G-Shock watch instead of my Apple Watch. I was setting the time and date and noted that the date “only” goes up to the year 2039. Even though it is already over 20 years old, I fully expect this watch to work well past 2039; I have no expectation that the Apple Watch will. Even if it technically functioned, the software and protocols would have been long abandoned.