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It’s not about being ‘better’. Older tech is just more fun! There are more moving parts, more differences between models, more to enjoy repairing, maintaining,
by xanderlewis 2y ago
It’s not about being ‘better’. Older tech is just more fun! There are more moving parts, more differences between models, more to enjoy repairing, maintaining, hacking, comprehending! Modern tech is now so mature that it’s obfuscated to the point of being magic.
I don’t think it has much to do with ‘ethics’ at all — at least not for me.
- mixmastamyk 2y agoSometimes missing features are a feature. For example, older stuff comes without surveillance capitalism built in.
- galleywest200 2y agoIt is also reasonable for one human being to fully understand a piece of the "older tech". Modern stuff is often just a black box, even to the people designing parts of it because they only work on a single part.