Didn't people do the same thing when cars turned from awesome (60s/70s muscle cars) to shitty 80s cars?

Enshittification isn't new. It's just new to us because we weren't there last time this song played.

I think that it’s not that people refuse to use new tech, I think it’s more that most of what is coming out is just worse in terms of usability and functionality in a lot of ways. Not so much a rejection of innovation, but a rejection of the priorities that major industry players have decided on. Like, “improvement” is relative, and what people care about isn’t being improved or actively being regressed.

They’re making bad products, and people don’t want them.

I'm not going totally "Amish", but I've become a cranky bitch about technology nowadays. I was very passionate about tech throughout my teens and early twenties. Since then, I've watched every major tech company go to shit. Services I used forever go to shit or die. Companies harvest more and more of our data in creepier and more invasive ways. They went from "don't be evil" and creating interesting new tech or shaking up an industry (Google fiber, for instance) to doing anything as long as it saves a dollar.

The only thing giving me any hope or interest in this space is FOSS and hosting things myself. It was confusing to me at first and still is in some ways, but not only can I solve my own issues, I can offer a lot of it to my friends and family. Having 10 different streaming services and finding where a show is within them is expensive and annoying, but I'm enjoying managing a library and hosting it on jellyfin. Then I can tell a few people, hey get jellyfin and type in this url, I'll find whatever you want. I recently setup seerr so now they don't have to feel like they're bothering me when they want something, they can just request it (and see what's new, upcoming, where something already is streaming if they already have that service, ratings, etc). Yeah it doesn't support the show or movie but it's a much more enjoyable experience. I stopped paying for Google drive and have all my pictures and videos (which is what used up all that space) syncing right to my PC, which then backs up to jotta cloud (not foss). I got off windows entirely (except at work) and use Linux now. I'm probably going to setup nextcloud and get a few people on there soon, since i have the space and it'll save them a subscription.

I'm not going digital Amish, but I'm trying my best not to let tech oligarchs hoard wealth that they can use to pursue their take on techno feudalism.

Most things could be nice if they were done environment consciously with something else than profit-oriented data harvesting in mind: social networks, LLMs, even smart glasses.

Sounds like nice people. Cant fault them for it, tech has gone down the drain over the years and newer stuff isn't really worth the cost anymore.
Are they recruiting?

Though why specifically 2021? What exactly happened at that specific year?

Lemmy 

• Developer: LemmyNet
• Initial release: May 5, 2019

Whew, we’re safe guys

I like that DDG lets you put date perameters on searches. Usually when looking for reciepies, I seach only from 1998-2016.

lemme get some of that sweet old internet

I'm actually happier rolling back to older tech options and sticking with open source apps and OS's.

My car has no computer, I go talk to humans at banks, I avoid large companies. No AI, I vet everything I utilize for privacy, My brain is at peace.

If the Amish weren't Christian, I'd be tempted to join them...

Hey that's me! I actually specifically bought a 2019 kia because it has less digital controls than the 2021 they had for the same price.

people are saying its because of AI, but its actually because they refuse to get any information regarding technoblades death

I refuse to buy a car made after 2013, so I believe it.

My current phone is an iPhone 12 mini. Am happy multiple companies, commodore, clicks etc are working on more limited phones. It all takes too much out of a day.

Also, I want my electronics to have buttons. Not screens.

I'm not going say I'm not tempted

I was just thinking about how this is likely my life going forward. The last tech I bought was a first round preorder steamdeck which was a lot longer ago than I want to think about. If I need a phone I buy 5 year old refurb flagships instead of the overpriced disposable "budget" slop they make these days. New hardware is now a luxury item for the petite bourgeois so they can make slop to satiate the poor. AI has sucked up both more money and physical resources than it would have taken to globally eliminate poverty.

No thank you. I'd rather live off grid in the woods with some solar panels so I can emulate every game from the last 40 years. More than a lifetime of games. I don't need anything new.

It's not all tech. Just the shitty tech like AI or that benefits shitty people.