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Lyn Alden
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I like how Nintendo systems from the 1990s could be put in a shed without air conditioning and survive for five years and still play games. Simple, optimized, robust engineering.

I like how cars from more than ten years ago just work, rather than being a nanny to you while you drive.

Cars, TVs, and all sorts of devices just whine today about problems. We’ve gone backward in some sense.

I’m willing to support brands that make more physical stuff. Already doing that with my next car choice.
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ZLastDegen · 101w
Toyota break , no suv. Friends told me it just works, it does . I like it . There’s some gadgets though.
Dirty Stack Whore · 101w
Unless something really changes, I don't plan on buying any cars newer than about 2000s-2010 again.
Laeserin · 101w
It's planned obsolescence. They steadily lower the quality of the parts in testing rounds, until they get it to slightly above the guarantee expiration date. After that, you are expected to buy a new one.
Mysth · 101w
…she wrote on her Nokia 3210.
Petr · 101w
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VanHodl · 101w
That's why I bought an old timer and I can confirm, driving it gives me a gigantic sense of freedom. Priceless really.
recurse · 101w
They make things intentionally to break within a year or two. Its the result of a fiat system
xyp930 · 101w
Tell us about your car research. As little nannying, bing-bing-bing, electronics as possible please
BlindOwl · 101w
I use my grandma's washing machine from the 1980s. My daughter makes music on my Roland D50 synthesizer from the late 1980s. I sit on a wooden chair with the year 1921 written under it, in a wooden house from the 18th century. I don't romanticize the past, but something is broken in the current inc...
james · 101w
My friends with modern tech cars are constantly having to return to them to the dealership for upgrades or faults. I have no plans to trade in my seven year old pre tech diesel any time soon.
cdnhodlr · 101w
What is your next car choice?
nostrich · 101w
Good point, Lyn. That's why I changed over to a Nokia Flip phone a month ago. Almost as freeing as when I left Facebook 6 years ago.
Bitcoin Wizard 🧙🏻‍♂️ · 101w
"I like how cars from more than ten years ago just work, rather than being a nanny to you while you drive." that's one reason why I bought an older car instead of a newer one for the first time in my life "Hacking" the software of cars will become even more important in the future
+☉nepiX · 101w
c0mplexity is directly pr0porti0nal 2 entr0py. Add A.eye 2 the EV car$ like te$la & other gadget$ in the equati0n. c0n$equence of 0uts0urcing intel & trust 2 machine$ wit n0 Understanding will be a di$a$ter in the making, ticking b0mb. pls learn from the past n0t 2 make similar mistakes. http...
n · 101w
もっと長く使えるものを愛用したい.
Matt - Top American Spook · 101w
Buying a retail display instead of a "smart TV" was a really good choice for me. It literally just turns on and does nothing until I hook a device up to it. Just a screen, which is all I really want. No garbage software that doesn't get updates. No spying. Just a display. It's quite beautiful.
Matt - Top American Spook · 101w
I've even went back to buying DVDs and physical books. There's something wonderful about not needing permission to watch things I paid for. And not a person in the world knows I'm doing it. No WiFi, no BS licenses that just disappear stuff on a whim. I'm completely cut off and at peace with my bare ...
rewolf · 101w
I think it’s because software engineers are shittier than their hardware counterparts of yesterday. And many of the problems we see are to do with software or the sw/hw interfacing. Despite the significantly easier ability to test software than hardware. Although I think hardware might be a more d...
Bancario Surtado · 101w
planned obsolescence
unit · 101w
welcome to the nag economy
unit · 101w
Instapot went out of business because their quality was too high, no one reordered
FreeMarketKids · 101w
How about old fashioned table top games?
mutatrum · 101w
Cars in the EU are worse, they are made to whine. Only one example, note the antonymous naming: https://m.primal.net/JLbG.png
vlada · 101w
People apparently don't mind their cars treating them like children and sharing all their usage data with data brokers. Bitcoin fixes this?
Rigly · 101w
It would be great to see stuff move towards robust simplicity vs planned obsolescence we have now.
Mike · 101w
I have the same feeling. Even though I love tech, I'm starting to appreciate analog stuff more and more. I write on paper now, I picked up some old canon vintage lenses for my DSLR Camera as examples. I can appreciate all the AI advances and automation for tools when it comes to getting things don...
Thaeus01 · 101w
this is the consequence of inflation and the fiat money
Aurora Satoshi · 101w
Planned obsolescence. A result of the fiat world.
lasik · 101w
lasik · 101w
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Ray · 101w
Medicine: https://10.cool
BTCrevolutionary · 98w
That’s what I love older cars. They do what they are supposed to do without them harassing every five seconds to slow down, wear your seatbelt etc…