Those were something, weren't they? I thought it was the coolest thing ever as a kid, just the absolute peak of technology.

And in hindsight... Yeah, it was a pretty comfortable way to play videos and music, wasn't it? And the click wheel iPods even had a surprisingly decent selection of games.

While I'm here, whatever happened to those Kindle e-readers with the physical page turn buttons and keyboard? I kinda feel like they stopped selling those, but I feel like that was kind of preferable to a touch screen, too.

I guess just in general I don't like touch screens and it'll be a good day when they stop being integrated into things that don't actually need them. I'm out here thinking that flip phones beat smartphones still

  • Frank [he/him, he/him]
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    2 months ago

    I dread ever buying another car since they all seem to be replacing the vehicles entire dash, status monitors, and UI with one cheap iPad knockoff.

    • FidelChadstro [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      I test drove a 2024 Prius and the amount of screen was not preferable. I especially didn't like that the car reads speed limit signs, displays them on the dash, then turns red if you exceed that speed. I know I'm speeding, car, fuck off.

      Bought a 2013 Mazda with dumb features (but with Bluetooth) and it's just right

    • SwitchyWitchyandBitchy [she/her]
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      2 months ago

      Fortunately my car isn't so modern that everything is touch controls. And the mediocre touch screen for media can be replaced since it still uses a regular DIN rail mounting system. I just have to hope that I can keep it running forever since clearly public transport isn't happening in the US any time soon outside of cities. And I can't afford living in a city even if I can get rid of my car.