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You and I suspect half the country. During the 90s I remember there was this big fuss when Gateway 2000 was introducing the first "smart/PC" TV to the market.
by GWBullshit 4y ago
You and I suspect half the country.
During the 90s I remember there was this big fuss when Gateway 2000 was introducing the first "smart/PC" TV to the market.
Steve Jobs went on record as saying something along the lines of "Not only will it not work out, it shouldn't, because TV is the place where people head to at the end of the day to shut their brains off, not figure out even more ways to interact with tech."
It made sense then and like Steve Jobs said, the Gateway smart/PC TV turned out to be a major flop at the time despite tech mags raving about its introduction.
It would seem, unfortunately, that the approach manufacturers seem to have taken in modern times is one of "WRONG! We'll MAKE it work by shoving the approach down consumers' throats by making sure ALL TVs insist on spending over a half hour pushing buttons before people can sit down to watch something and relax."
- paulcole 4y ago> making sure ALL TVs insist on spending over a half hour pushing buttons before people can sit down to watch something and relax Is there any TV that’s even within an order of magnitude of this HN-tech-bro-I-own-my-device nightmare fantasy?
- GWBullshit 4y agoI believe so – there's this little-known, oldie-but-goodie brand called, "Torrents+External Drive®" in the West, and China has their own approach to "I can't even anymore" called "TikTok" ... perfect for just sitting down for a while and just watching shit instead of rolling out a project management spreadsheet to figure out what to watch and how to set things up so you can actually watch it.
- paulcole 4y agoThese AI text generators still have a ways to go before they can fool me!
- GWBullshit 4y ago
- dopa42365 4y agoAh yes, THE country. How we doin' today, fellow Ugandans?
- GWBullshit 4y agoI'm in the U.S. actually; racist much?