Technology needs to downgrade some things that went in the wrong direction

Heard during the week that there will be a row back on touchscreens in cars.

Can't recall the exact detail, but certain regularly used functions will have to have buttons/ switches from 2026 ( I think).

No harm at all.

Fuk I just bought a Samsung. Didn't notice till you pointed it out.

My really good headphones are wired because I didn't want to constantly worry about yet another thing needing to be charged.

Also fuk printers with no wired option. Is it that hard to offer both.

That a gift. Even with budget phones it's hard enough to get a jack.

People just love pointless tech.

Ovens , fridges , household items connected was a completely pointless development of the modern world.

Apps for your car - seriously , can we just get in the car and drive

Pointless drones flying all over the shop - recording data centers worth of pointless footage.

General use of phones and recording concerts , sport events and even someone singing a song in a pub or something - daft ****. Enjoy the moment

Apps and Tech linked to sport , sleep , health - can people not just enjoy all above or use a bit of cop on and memory and enjoy the ride.

The whole use of air pods in every space is getting a bit daft - full on conversations on a bus , using them in a steam room and sauna. Seriously - can you not just relax in your own head for 5 mins, or a mad idea - say hello have a funny Dublin chat.

General quality of streaming remains poor / unclear - the day of sticking in a Blue Ray / 5/1 , 7/1 concert or movie on a top level home set up was special. Very hit and miss now.

Old Lap Tops and PCs were bullet proof - modern stuff is pure shite and 5 times the price.

New household goods , all the bells , whistles , digital - but they all last about 18 months - old stuff focused on the engineering. It is all tech on outside , but pure **** inside.

I'd be a bit worried about damaging the USB C port and then the phone is fooked. It's not designed to be constantly plugged in as a jack. Too many stresses on it.

I went another way and just went back to a separate music player with a balanced headphone jack.

I think most of them seem to simply a cable with USB C on one end and then a 3.5mm plug on the other.

I'm sure they work but just imagine that lateral stress on the USB port on your phone with something sticking out of it as you walk about.

Yeah you'd need something really secure that had a flat base against your phone that stopped those stresses. Can't seem to find one after a quick search.

Nice excuse to buy a fancy DAP and fill it with FLAC music!

I bought an airfryer with two big knobs for this very reason. I also bought a nice simple Russel Hobbs microwave with two big knobs for the same reason. The digital controls on the microwave in a previous place I was renting were almost impossible to get my head around.

algorithms

anyone remember being able to see all the most recent posts from actual friends on Facebook?

I absolutely despise the algorithms.

Phones should just be a limited set of apps - weather, bus times, some limited news\sports scores like ceefax.

No video streaming. No access to the entire internet. No need for apps for everything.

ah go away would ya 😂

This x 1000

Think I have one for my charger, one for car which I never need to use (newer cars generally all have one). Use different apps if I need to charge on the road but no biggy. I get an update of some kind of update on the car and it's every few months at most. That part isn't unique to electric cars though, would apply to any newer car. I use android auto which is pretty much standard in any newer car too.

So basically outside of charging apps which you use once in a blue moon, none of this seems particularly unique to electric cars. Just sounds like a rant about electric cars when all the issues can apply to any car from the last five years or so.

I do hate infotainment screens and car functionality operating from them and other such enshittification but once again it's all cars.

Some cookers have those electronic temperature controls. How is that better than a knob you can twist in half a second?