We didn’t know how good we had it..
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux
I knew.I had a good phone (Ericsson a1228di, usable as phone and also as a hammer), I had a good camera (Canon PowerShot; it did 2 megapixel so it was good for 8x10 prints), I had a good handheld computer (Sony Clié, Newton 2100). I had a good MP3 player (forget the model, but it looked like a Tamagotchi and had 32MB, enough for my walk to work and home)
I knew, like a TV/VCR combo where the VCR stopped working in 1998, a convergence device would at best be mediocre.
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux
Nothing to worry about, we can still go back. I recently bought a Sony Discman, some CDs, blu-rays, and paper notebooks.Offline is becoming a luxury, don't wait and be more offline 🦾
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux ...wasn't that good...
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux the other day I saw a teenager casually step away from his skate, open a flipflop Nokia and answer a call and I was so happy my face was literally :DDD this
I also saw someone in their twenties taking pics with a DS lite
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux loved the psp. It is a shame that the vita was a failure
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux i wish all phones had proper physical keyboards like that one in the pic...
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
I'm re-playing _Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time_ on my ( hacked ) Nintendo 3DS. It's so great.
I wish if I could still make StreetPass friends with it.
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I honestly don't get this
is it a joke ? or serious ?
if you think the past was better, try walking around all day carrying 4 devices that collectively weigh a ton and don't fit in your pocketsin the past, as shown by this picture, I had to carry around 4 seperate things
I had to pay for each one
I had to keep each one updated
I had to learn the seperate, and usually poor GUI/UX on each one
I had huge problems transferring informationNow, I just have to carry one device
that is incredible progress@failedLyndonLaRouchite
Yes, but that one device is plagued with Data mining apps, soul sucking algorithms, and is used to manipulate and abuse the average consumer.
These don't have that problem. They're heavy and they suck technically, but the human experience was preserved is the idea. -
@stux i wish all phones had proper physical keyboards like that one in the pic...
@lumi@snug.moe @stux@mstdn.social I still fondly remember my n97mini.
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux heavy is the pocket that carries true freedom.
I would know, I walk around with multitools. -
I honestly don't get this
is it a joke ? or serious ?
if you think the past was better, try walking around all day carrying 4 devices that collectively weigh a ton and don't fit in your pocketsin the past, as shown by this picture, I had to carry around 4 seperate things
I had to pay for each one
I had to keep each one updated
I had to learn the seperate, and usually poor GUI/UX on each one
I had huge problems transferring informationNow, I just have to carry one device
that is incredible progressEach one was far less expensive than a smartphone.
You didn't need to update your camera.
Transferring info between iPod, Camera, and laptop was actually pretty easy in most cases, yes it required you to plug things in but the friction actually improve things. I definitely was more invested in my photos back then.As others have said, this was also about data privacy, modern devices are deeply invasive, they also are distracting. Modern devices are slowly breaking the brains of so many people in society and transforming us into mindless zombies. I am not immune of course, when I think about the past I can remember not being nearly so glued to my devices back when these were the normal devices. Before my phone was smart I only looked at it every now and then, I didn't compulsively carry it with me everywhere.
It really could be said that the old internet and the old way of doing things was more human
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@failedLyndonLaRouchite
Yes, but that one device is plagued with Data mining apps, soul sucking algorithms, and is used to manipulate and abuse the average consumer.
These don't have that problem. They're heavy and they suck technically, but the human experience was preserved is the idea.the human experience is preserved in an Ipod instead of listening to live music ?
my brother in Christ, what are you smoking ?
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@stux i wish all phones had proper physical keyboards like that one in the pic...
@lumi @stux
I wrote a whole article to that effect:
https://moses-izumi.neocities.org/PhoneRant (4-6 minutes if you believe mozilla's Reader Mode) -
We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux I think we did. The part we got wrong was the expectation that things would continue to get better.
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
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@stux Speak up, sonny. I can't hear you.
@MasterMischief @stux I was at the in between stage
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the human experience is preserved in an Ipod instead of listening to live music ?
my brother in Christ, what are you smoking ?
@failedLyndonLaRouchite
I feel like you're being willfully obtuse here.
The comparison isn't between live music and an iPod its between a streaming app that's probably serving AI generated music and actually buying music from artists like we did during the iPod era.
Its a criticism of the corporate digital hellscape we're in. The reason we're on Mastodon and not on Twitter or Bluesky. How is this not an obvious theme to you? -
@stux Wait, you had pockets?
@djtoebeans Two words: Cargo pants.
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux
I'M GOOOOING UUUNDEEEER…~ 
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We didn’t know how good we had it..
@stux I miss my Sidekick sometimes I'd love a modern version of that
