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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Do you rush to embrace all the modern gizmos being thrown at us or else are you more the sort who would prefer simpler times, before iPhone’s and Android, before modern pc’s, streaming etc (back to cassette tapes even - Remember them?)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I cant be faffed with most of it, although its designed to make life easier, getting all the gadgets set up seems a hassle. I like a phone and like to see bottoms and faces and have easy access to peoples voices but apart from that you could melt the rest down and turn it into bean tins for all I care.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

"I cant be faffed with most of it, although its designed to make life easier, getting all the gadgets set up seems a hassle. I like a phone and like to see bottoms and faces and have easy access to peoples voices but apart from that you could melt the rest down and turn it into bean tins for all I care.

And with the beans tins, we could fly to Button Moon….

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

I love the possibilities of technology but I'm really stupid about it so I'm the latest of late adopters.

I only got streaming TV last year, prior to that I was on freeview and watching DVDs (and feeling all techie that I wasn't watching videos).

I listen to music that an ex downloaded for me or I put YouTube on, I don't have any music streaming services.

My phone is coming up to 5 years old and is still working fine so I've no desire to upgrade it yet. I'll get a new one when it breaks.

I'm still using my first kindle, bought in 2011. I like to get my money's worth out of my tech.

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By *rwhowhatwherewhyMan
over a year ago

Aylesbury

It's mostly just rampant consumerism which I've never really been into. Although some technologies I wont use out of principle or because the idea makes me uncomfortable (Alexa I'm talking about you).

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I’ve all the gizmos, I can tell my phone to turn heating on in a room, open the garage door, lights dimmer, show the great camera and all that, in some ways it’s like magic, and so useful to know if the dog is ok when out, make the house warm before I get home, turn lights on when I have my hands full etc, but it is NOT a simple system to maintain, and if you’re not tech savvy, it’s an Orwellian nightmare when it goes wrong.

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

I am lucky (and old enough!) to have seen tech develop over the years from the first home/arcade video games, home computers, birth of the internet etc. I always like to see what I can squeeze out of old tech while keeping an eye on the newer stuff. However, I very rarely rush out and buy new tech. Sometimes, I do like to keep screens off, push tech aside and just get outside in the garden, read or listen to music.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I don't have the latest gadgets and gizmos, not sure I'd go all the way back to cassette days though. I think I'll keep slowly embracing new tech and stay about 10 years behind everyone else

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I liked it when I could record the Top 40 on my dual cassette player. It was a lovely metallic blue. Now turning the TV on seems more complicated than I can be arsed with, so I use my tablet to watch something. My 14yo is disgusted with me.

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By *ensuallover1000 OP Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

I must confess that I personally love it.

My discovery that flint and steel produce sparks to make fire was particularly useful.

Big shout out and sincere thanks to the bloody great obelisk that appeared outside my cave last week….

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By *uriousscouserWoman
over a year ago

Wirral

"I’ve all the gizmos, I can tell my phone to turn heating on in a room, open the garage door, lights dimmer, show the great camera and all that, in some ways it’s like magic, and so useful to know if the dog is ok when out, make the house warm before I get home, turn lights on when I have my hands full etc, but it is NOT a simple system to maintain, and if you’re not tech savvy, it’s an Orwellian nightmare when it goes wrong."

Ex boss had to work from home once as the ANPR system that controlled the gates to the estate he lived on went down and there was no manual override.

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By *eroLondonMan
over a year ago

Mayfair

"Now turning the TV on seems more complicated than I can be arsed with.

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You're in the right place: there's more than enough SKY remote units for you to borrow from here.

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By *abs..Woman
over a year ago

I don’t need the latest gadgets and tech, I don’t get the benefit from it. I like something easy to use

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I work in technology in the IT sense, I tend to stay away from newer technology until the bugs have been ironed out by others.

tech companies test, however no lab tests compare to technology being released in the real world

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"I am lucky (and old enough!) to have seen tech develop over the years from the first home/arcade video games, home computers, birth of the internet etc. I always like to see what I can squeeze out of old tech while keeping an eye on the newer stuff. However, I very rarely rush out and buy new tech. Sometimes, I do like to keep screens off, push tech aside and just get outside in the garden, read or listen to music."

I embrace new tech but am a pragmatist , I have to see real benefits and sometimes find older tech , retrofits etc delivers more but new tech is pushed purely for the distribution to the market.

I was reading recently about CD being phased out and how CD will now become more “punk” as it has so many advantages over vinyl and streaming that’s been forgotten. So I have been out this week and bought those innovate 80s CDs like Frankie goes to Hollywood and the Cure and they are right , the top and bottom range and placement of sound into a 3D space is far far better than vinyl or streaming.

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