My wife and I started talking about this after she had to help an old lady at the DMV figure out how to use her iPhone to scan a QR code. We’re in our early 40s.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    41·
    11 months ago

    Speaking as a millennial I’m not bad at new technology but I really fucking hate how dumbed down and the planned obsolescence in everything nowadays. So that leads me to avoid using new shit a lot of the time. My phone for instance is 6 years old because there’s nothing currently available that wouldn’t be a downgrade in functionality. I’m also dreading getting a new car because all the newer ones I’ve been in have really shittily designed infotainment systems and a bunch of extra crap I don’t need. I really feel like I’m taking crazy pills when I look at where technology seems to be going these days compared to how optimistic I was a decade ago.

    • jonne@infosec.pub
      91·
      11 months ago

      Yep, for a car you really only need a phone holder and Bluetooth (fuck it, you could even get one of those tape deck attachments). All the other infotainment stuff looks 5 years behind even in a brand new car.