As convenient as it is to have a single device that does everything, I miss feeling like a Spy Kid with a bunch of cool little gadgets on me at all times
I was just speaking on this earlier, the smart phone changed the world by centralizing all technologies. I was speaking of downgrading back to a flip phone, a mp3 Bluetooth player, and a garmin in my vehicle to decentralize my smart phone usage and all it’s cons
@@secretsnipeopomggg same, and that’s what made it more interesting too because it left space for individuality and authenticity that’s why it was much more fun because technology had personality same with Instagram face and bbl bodies too!!
And I can route it back to ever since the pandemic when social interaction was put on restriction. When Skype transitioned to Zoom, when it went from friends to work, that’s when it felt this exact way.
@@TranscendentalAirwavesThe games on console that came out during the late 2000s to early 2010s had a lot more playability to them, the party chats were more alive back then. Nowadays it feels like a school of children
@@TranscendentalAirwaves It's ironic because by pirating those games you don't require internet connection, which makes it an objectively better product than the game being sold originally
I used to be interested in tech and the internet because I was the weird kid, but now that's just what everybody does and it's nowhere near as fun as I used to imagine it would be
@@Atlas.Brooklyn I 100% agree. It makes no difference and adds nothing to the experience of using the site, I was gonna find out what I searched with or without the robot
Gemini having a big disclaimer on the activation screen outright saying it has less features than Google Assistant makes me wonder what the damn point is then
Tech stopped being cool when tech started to use us instead of us using them. That's back when we still had the choice of interacting with technology instead of it being ever present. We used to be "connected" but now we are *CONNECTED™* at all times, whether we like it or not.
It's also technology's incessant requests for your information, your data, everything having an app when it really shouldn't and everything needing to be a subscription. Big corporations have taken everything and made it corporately homogenized and taking all the personality out but replacing it with hollow enthusiasm and wallpapered "authenticity".
I've got to admit, people tried to warn me in 2012 it was going to turn this way eventually. I had misplaced faith in the ability of new social media sites to pop up and steal users if an old site takes a bad turn (which, tbf, had happened a lot of times until 2009); so I thought they'd stay at least somewhat reasonable. Welp.
I dunno man it's still pretty much a choice. I WILL say that being forced out of using cash is a thing you can't avoid sure, but everything else is basically optional. I don't have social media and the closest thing I use to it is discord when I play a game with friends who aren't within driving distance....which I do on my computer something I am only near for 4 hours tops a day. The app apocalypse is only an issue if you don't just go online and find the place's phone # and call them, most of the nightmare you're experiencing you are willingly signing up for
2:51 I don’t know anyone who used the Internet when 3G was new I only remember the anxiety of accidentally pressing the button and then immediately pressing the end button and hoping my parents won’t get charged hundreds of dollars for a few kilobits of data
The worst part is that these still exist solely to scam seniors. They charge what seemed like a good deal in 2010 and then upcharge if you go over. Poor customers don't know how much tech has improved since then to look elsewhere
I used 3G and the like, and I also panicked whenever I fired up the browser by mistake so the WAP/2G/3G wouldn't eat all my credit lmao. That panic is a universal memory for everyone who had a phone back then that kids now will never get to experience.
I really miss the era when a new technology meant a totally new aspect in your life. Nowadays everything is just a slightly different way to experience the internet I ESPECIALLY miss the idea of communicating with people from far off distances being a COOL thing. Either being from the internet, radio, or even CB radio was something that I thought was cool as a kid
it's cool if the people on the other end of the wire are cool. with so many people just posting noise (and algos promoting inflammatory messages to keep you logged in longer) it gets harder to find the cool people.
It feels like technology went from "tech that genuinely improves our lives" to "the next hyper corporotized tech that tries to create needs we dont have". The sad thing is: there is a lot of cool tech still being developed, but either the hyper corporization feeling is there, or the tech feels half baked. Look at VR, we could be so far further with it, with the technology we have on our hands now, but in the 9(!) years since it the original Oculus and Vive released, it doesnt feel like it went much anywhere. Thats another point: technology is starting to slow down massively. Compare stuff from the 90s to early 2000s, like game consoles. The advancements in that single decade are MASSIVE, compared to how tech evolved from 2015 to today.
@@rwall514 VR is a thing now and constantly growing. The problem I meant was that VR didnt evolve as quickly as it could have and companies refusing to make memorable VR games. I mean: why is HL:Alyx and Boneworks still the poster child for what VR can do?
VR can only be improved so quickly while keeping it affordable. There isn't really anyone holding back the technology, the improvements are gradual and take time. Going from a Windows Mixed Reality (anything BUT mixed reality but ok microsoft) headset to Oculus Quest 2 was a pretty big upgrade for me. I went from barely usable tracking and cords to rock solid tracking and being able to use it wirelessly, either standalone or by wirelessly connecting it to my PC. As for software, it is very simple: Too niche. Even as Oculus Quest made VR a lot more accessible, there isn't much money in it unless you have set yourself up to build VR like Valve, HTC and Meta has. AAA can not be counted on, they have made some nice dips into VR but AAA is not really throwing big money into VR games because it is too risky. Here it is mostly the enthusiasts who independently create VR games and pave the path forward for the AAA studios to follow. Almost all of the BIG VR games started out as indie games.
@@xXYannuschXx Also just gonna list off some good, recent-ish VR games. Vertigo 2 The Light Brigade Arken Age Grimlord Iron Rebellion Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone Underdogs
@@rwall514 Smartphones worked because they're small and integrate into normal life. VR requires you to strap a machine to your face and move all the furniture out of a room so you don't hurt yourself. If there was a good enough reason for more people to go to the trouble of doing that VR would take off. That said it really does make you feel like you're there even if the graphics are minimal because it taps into that "oh something's coming RIGHT AT ME" part of your brain that nothing really does right now, it's novel and primal
8:01 so true. I MISS when we didn’t need to have an eternal internet connection to be able to participate in society. I wish I could get a dumb phone and not have to be stuck on my phone all the time, but it feels so impossible. My city recently switched every parking garage and parking meter payment system to the pay mobile app. So even to park my car to go to a restaurant that has a QR menu, the only option is to pay for a spot online 😭😭 Great video as always!
YES! I live in Orlando. THE tourist mecca. Almost all roads here are tolls. Tourists and those who drive little are PUNSHISHED for using the road because you can't pay cash anymore. Consequently, the system looks up your plate and bills you the toll PLUS surcharges for not using the transponder (something else you have to BUY). Why on earth would tourists purchase a toll transponder??! This should be freaking illegal!
"I MISS when we didn't need..." - You still don't need, "I wish..." - You CAN. "It feels so impossible." - It's NOT. This whole comment section whining like they have no choice and it's all just blathering bullshit. You make the choice every day and then, here on TH-cam - one of the many tech choices you've made - you lie to yourselves to absolve yourselves of the choice you made. It's pathetic.
I'm in my mid 30s and a resonate with everything you said. I left social media behind and like an ex-smoker am passionately anti-social media now. Myspace was cool back in the day, now social media is a social and mental cancer ripping apart the very fabric of social interaction. I feel bad for Gen Z and A but will try to offer guidance where I can.
obligatory "if you arent on social media, why are you on youtube" comment. aanyways i agree, im currently trying to leave one of my social medias. i usually use socmed to watch artists or photographers, but for some reason i keep just scrolling on it, and not really just for the art. im not really sure why i thought a twitter clone would be good for me anyways. 😅
@ TH-cam isn't the same as social media platforms. For me it replaces TV, is good for education, niche interests etc. If it didn't have comment sections, I'd still use it exactly the same. It doesn't stress me out or occupy any space in my mind. I don't even know what socmed is, but I wish you the best
if you get multiple tvs i think a logitech harmony remote would be cool, it should work with all/most tvs, and you get to make people fight over it if theres no other remotes. :) though if theres only one or two tvs itd probably just be cheaper to have regular remotes
@Evan-wh1rd good point, it'll just be for consumer products. Sectors like space/ocean exploration, healthcare, power generation, etc. can still go full steam ahead. Basically, a key feature of the movement is to have 90% of people's interaction with the internet be confined to a desktop instead of a phone. Wifi/mobile data should only be used for emergencies and to increase economic efficiency.
I do miss when technology was unique. Heck, I miss when UI was unique. Just stop it with the minimalistic, bland designs…and just go back to the cool unique designs we had back in the day. Sure, some technology is still unique looking (looking at you, Gaming consoles), but…everything else is just…bland.
App page design is beyond repair. You can stare at the badly designed page for minutes while you desperately search for what you went on there for. Where is the DELETE ACCOUNT button??????????
It especially sucks that it's invading even Linux. I feel like we're just on the tail end of original desings until everything there starts looking minimalistic.
UI design moving into a singularity where all UI design is boring, flat, minimalist, and grayscale makes me wonder if we'll reach a point where nearly everyone is collectively sick of the trend, and a counter-trend of more detailed, skeuomorphic UI designs will emerge as a response.
Yeah I feel like I missed out on a lot of content that others got to enjoy until phones / TH-cam became more prevelant. When you don't have cable and only have access to DVDs your parents bought, youre kinda screwed!
Kids these days don't realize the joy in having 40 different cords for 20 different devices, and for some reason 20 of them are the same-shaped plugin but doesn't either charge the item or connect it to a PC. That's where my hatred of technology started. Now that everything uses some form of USB C, all general technology sucks in their own special way.
And half of my USB C cables and chargers won't charge half of my devices, or charge at massively different rates with no clear indication of why (without doing some research and reading the small print every time I want to plug something in). Nothing has changed except that now _all_ of the plugs look the same.
@@hihellothere9569 I love it too, but it has its own drawbacks. Like trying to transfer files from my phone to my PC only to find out the cable I've used only supports charging, or buying a 40W super fast charger only to realise the cable I'm using only supports 15W fast charging. Minor inconveniences sure, but still inconveniences nonetheless.
USB-C is not compatible with USB-C as someone else has already posted. There seems to be no ground *standard* and everything is apparently optional within the cables.
I don't think kids and teenagers nowadays will ever experience how new technology was exciting as 15-20 years ago. Remember going to the friends house and playing video games on consoles, pc's, transfering the music, pictures, videos from friends phone to your phone. Wild phone designs from 2000s. When buying new phone was whole other experience. You never knew what you get until you buy new phone and then figure out what's new, how it works. Checking out new friends phone...
In the 90s and 2000s you had tons of cool "gadgets" that were all basically replaced by the frickin smartphone in he 2010s. People used to use a bunch of specialized devices like camcorders, digital cameras, cell phones that were basically just a phone, electronic musical instruments like drum machines and keyboards, pocket calculators, portable CD and then Mp3 players, PDAs that you could do simple stuff like take notes on, etc. When people started using one device for everything, it felt like human culture died; all that freedom of choice and user control and autonomy was replaced by a stupid, monolithic black rectangle.
I remember being so excited for mobile games as a new medium. Plants VS Zombies, Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds felt so different from what I had played on consoles and freemium games didn't exist yet. Now everything is a gambling simulator.
Everything is not a gambling simulator. Many things ARE gambling (not simulating it though; just actual gambling) but plenty aren't. People are just sobbing about their own refusal to actually look for the things they want, blaming anything external for THEIR choices to be constantly connected...
I loved when phones were foldable or you had the keyboard snap out like just the whole transformation/customization aspect of it. Now the only choise of flip phones is either the ones intended for kids or old people that only have the bare basic features or the lost expensive smart phone on the market. I also miss the little holes intended for putting charms on your phone.
I came to talk about the had barbie flip phone , it's so cute and comes with charms, i completely agree ❤ I have a flip 5 and my barbie phone for love of flip hehe
The things I miss the most about old Tec was that it was Useful, Simple,minded its own business and genuinely Fun and safe now most of it is either Pointless,complicated, can't go on 1 app or wesite Asking for a account or stealing my data, bland or ugly, and now so so many unsafe things just some of which are destroyong mental health on pourpuss to exploit you,Destroying our ability to use important skills, Being insulting basturedizing souless mimicry of Creativity, Taking 10 times more jobs than the industrial revolution in one Of the worst recession's in modern history, or becoming the freaking rise of Either The OCP corporation From Robocop or skynet from Terminator [The difernce is that one is the corporate aristocracy useing robots to Dipose of use when they don't see us as useful and the other is The sentient Ai doing the same When it sees us a useless and annoying] Oh And I didn't need to always replace It Every 2 FUC!#@ Years!!!
I'm chronically ill so I go to the dr a lot and every one has a different "portal" and if I don't log into "the portal" I can't get my test results, pay, see the details of my appointments...like what the hell 😭
I got the Samsung galaxy z flip to feel to help reignite that old school excitement, but it just doesn't hit the same smh. I end up leaving it open like a normal slab phone most of the time
@@geggy310problem with getting dumb phones is alot of them only support 4g and not even LTE so the signal cuts out alot as it's getting phased out and if you're like me you rely on having constant access to email and text messages with photos for work there just aren't any good dumb phones anymore that work with modern cell networks that are only designed for old people who just need to make calls
It’s not just tech even, it’s people too. along with tech and social media being the same/copies of eachother, it’s the same with a lot content and creators. How many Brent Riveras do we need guys cmon
Because that tech has stopped serving the user and started to serve the corporations, at the expense of the user. And yes, I am aware that consumer products, be it cars, toasters or mobile phones are made by corporations, who have to make a profit. But when the profits are supposed to increase constantly, something has to give: - the quality - product won't much beyond the mandatory warranty - maintenance - changing a lightbulb requires removing the front bumper, changing the battery requires pluging in a service computer to reset the car's unit. Battery in a smartphone is built into the motherboard, it's no longer pnp. - features - more and more functions are subscription based. Be it watching movies, listening to music or heating seats in the car. Again, for the constant flow of money and pleasing the shareholders
Another annoying symptom of todays technology is that everything is driven by an algorithm that decides what you should consume. I can search the exact video I’m looking for on TH-cam, and I won’t find it. All I’ll find is a bunch of unrelated videos that the algorithm has decided I should want to watch instead of that one video I’m actually trying to find
Your videos have really been helping me lately. Your channel is like a glorious, somewhat liminal corner of the Internet where I hear opinions and delivery that make me happy. Thank you for making these videos. They're priceless!
@The_MEMEphis I could actually write to a girl without it being ultra-creepy by default. Only did it once though lol and we did end up dating a while. Good times.
@@heddshot87 I know plenty of guys who still slide into DMs aslong as it's genuine and not creepy you're fine, the only reason chicks get weirded out is because they have a million different dudes being creepy in their DMs, have you talked to women recently ask them to show their message requests and DMS it's really bad if they are generally attractive
Also to add, I think the internet from 10 years ago didn’t have major companies sucking up all the joy and turning the internet into a regression of corporate capitalism throwing money at everything for instant results …now every thing just lacks the energy of having its own vibe.
Yeah, for me the biggest change about the internet is that it no longer feels like a DIY creative space. It used to be a natural outgrowth of stuff like underground music scenes, zine-making, amateur videography etc, and now if you do any of that stuff as a hobby there's this huge push to monetise it and for it to become your new stressful career, and the odds of your non-corporate, online creative project getting seen is so low that you feel like you have to adopt professional PR techniques just so strangers will see it. The homogenisation of interfaces on social media sites is particularly depressing - in the early days we had much more freedom to customise that stuff so that who we were and what we made stood out instantly. Now it's all teeny-weeny avatars a person can barely see, and no free HTML/CSS boxes to let us really cook layout-wise...
physical smartphone keyboards yes please! I remember typing on my phone without needing to look at the keypad. been eyeing on the blackberry key2 for some time
i think it's more they lost the aesthetics, I was born in the mid 80s and tech was cool looking in the 90s and early 2000s. once the iphone and streaming came out it basically all got cookie cutter in terms of how it looked. I do miss physical keyboards on my phones I hate having to use the touch screens.
my 2018 motorola smartphone had less tech, but fit my hand *perfectly.* After that year, the phone size was the #1 reason i broke my smartphones earlier then I should.
I remember as a kid cutting out a piece of hard paper, folding it and drawing on it to make a futuristic cell phone/computer device. Fast forward to now, I have something like that but I'm disappointed. It doesn't have the neat fold out keyboard, the OS isn't a free desktop-eque experience, and most importantly, it doesn't look cool af.
OMG! Great Video! You surfaced everything I've been thinking! When you have to use an app with two factor authentication to pay your light bill you know society has regressed beyond recognition. "Oh! There are scammers out there trying to pay my light bill!" And by the way...phones used to be for calling people and businesses. NOBODY answers the phone anymore but a chatbot that offers you 9 choices none of which describe why you are calling. I used to have an IPOD. It was great. Music that I BOUGHT was available to me 24/7 forever. Now I pay every month for a music streaming service. I look for the music I want to play only to find that it is not on the service anymore. MODERN TECH S__KS
I've already had like 10 different videos from you in my recommended, and each time I was like "hey it's from this guy I like this guy" you know what I'm subscribing to this guy.
I miss the personality and lack of bombardment I felt with my old flip phone. Sending texts and sharing media wasn't as quick and easy as it is now, so I didn't have to worry about getting spammed as much. Also Plants vs Zombies was way cool to play on that thing
When the day comes that a piece of new technology makes people lose their minds like how they were when the iPhone was first introduced, we’ll be truly back.
A few years ago I was shopping for a smartphone after several years with a dumb/feature phone, and was initially excited to catch up on some of the cool features I'd been missing in smartphones... I'd heard about the FM radios, small oled screens for notifications, funky camera mechanisms, gimmicky gadgets... Only to find out that the cool features are mostly gone and it's just about bigger screens and fancier cameras. Whoop de do. I wanted to just get an older smartphone that had those features, but they're not supported by the carriers any more because of 3G shutting down.
My favorite phone I ever owned was the Ryan Newman edition LG ax490 from Alltel. It was shaped like a racecar and had the letters moved from the number keypad to make texting faster. It was awesome.
Man you have no idea how long I hung onto phones with keyboards. In the 2010's there was a 4g Sidekick and Blackberry made some android phones and I had them all. I hung on so long but they became outdated and now I have a soulless phone again and it's so boring.
I have a taxi app on my work phone that sends me notifications like "Where do you want to go today?" and "Weekend is coming up, we'll drive you home when you are blackout drunk as long as you don't barf in our cars" and "It's a nice day for a drive-by, gather your best buds and your guns, let's shoot some stuff!"... Like, you don't think it's up to me to decide when I want a cab? Oh no, a notification told me to take a cab so I'd better do it, such is the power of a vibrating pocket. If it was my personal phone, that app would have been flushed and banned long ago
Thank you mr chon once again with the banger video, i hate how people get so impatient and act like im ignoring them because i went to the toilet for 5 minutes and didnt reply. Sorry i was wiping my arse i guess?? god.
@BasedZoomer oh you're so right. But the thing is, I used to have one of these zany types of sliding "smart" phones back in 2009. It looks so cool like it came out of Totally Spies. It's magenta pink too. But it had so little storage for music, videos and photos. Basic web browser. Early back camera like it was almost 360p but blurry But it was so awesome to me. It had the early touchscreen along with keypads. But it broke after one fall on the floor😢it was my fault. But it was definitely unique and unforgettable.
I remember when we used to watch Pokémon play through guides on squirtleisland. The surprise was immense when they updated the design. The lack of Pokémon content was bit sad..
Was not expecting this blast from the past lmfao. To date myself, my 3 (?) year old self had to learn to use MS-DOS to launch the Beauty and the Beast game on... Win95? The phone I used the most and miss is the Nokia N95, dedicated media buttons if you slid the phone the opposite way, 5MP Camera with Flash (Top tier back then), Wifi and GPS, etc. I can't believe how freeing it is to have a comment section I can fully be "Old man yells at cloud" in. Fuck, we've been through a lot, eh? Here's other trigger words: CheatCodeDataBase, Netscape Navigator, LimeWire/Ares, IRC, I can haz cheeseburger, Encarta for Kids, Kellogg's F1 CD Prize (or cereal with toy prizes in general), I really could go on.
Exactly, like for all these reasons, I want an OLD Razr, not a new one that just unfolds into another IPhone, I want the Razr that innovated and streamlined what a phone could be.
I remember when programs would infest spyware into their installers and people were quick to complain about viruses but now with smartphones, we’ve become so oblivious to the enshittification that they are accustomed to upgrade their phones when apps slow down because of the constant stream of updates - hence why Windows did the same since 8 when tapping into the mobile market.
It's very simple - tech itself jumped into the driver's seat. It's no longer the aide, it's the master. It isn't helping us to communicate, create or be more productive, it tells us how to communicate, it stifles creativity and forces us to be non-stop available for work, and for a lot of things we need breaks from to remain sane. Tech is in the driver's seat, and it's drunk as hell.
That Mario chair is Goofy and awesome at the same time. I agree about how technology seems pretty inconvenient. We become so reliant on it that we actually have to use it to do our jobs and technical difficulties will happen it just is inevitable they happen and you have no control over it and it's frustrating. I like the perks and the conveniences yes and I do like that it is simple to do a job on a smartphone but when you end up in areas where you just can't get reception you literally cannot do your job. It's a pain in the ass.
1:37 How did you know I had this exact same computer for 11 years straight? No seriously, that is the exact set up I have from 2004 - 2015.... I miss it so much....
Chon, your channel name is the same as one of my favorite bands' name so when I saw Chon in my recommended I clicked. Was disappointed at first but I stuck around haha. Great vid!
Back in the frutiger Aero days tech was fun, design was interesting and it all had a nice personality to it. Modern tech feels like an accountant in a plain suit telling you at gunpoint "you'll cede all your data and you'll be happy"
Not specific device related. But definitely related to how bad our reliance on tech has become. A while back I broke down in the middle of nowhere with minimal cell service. I tried to call roadside assistance only to be greeted with a robot trying to text me a link to locate me using the internet…. Which of course didn’t work because ya know… middle of nowhere. After some hassle I realized there was no backup in place and no one to talk to me from my insurance that advertised 24/7 roadside assistance. I managed to just barely get a location input, but I couldn’t imagine how dangerous this would be in the middle of the night or in a bad place. Even 911 is doing the same thing now in some places. Scary.
Omg I want a phone with a physical keyboard! I had the BlackBerry Classic, the BlackBerry Passport, The BlackBerry Priv, the BlackBerry Key1 and the BlackBerry Key2 and you know what kind of BlackBerry I have now? None because BlackBerry doesn't exist anymore! I have the cordination of a dead skunk so how the hell am I supposed to type on a touchscreen? Also why is every car a crossover these days?
I've seen so many Twitter threads and people on Tumblr and other places even Instagram talk about how they miss how old stuff look and I am right there with everyone else I had how boring these phones look they are all flat and boring and the only way you can customize them is putting a phone case on them and it's not like you get to see the phone case everyone else does which doesn't really feel Fair we used to be able to put full coverage on phone it sucks I miss the see-through laptops and phones and stuff we had in the early 2000s and stuff it was so fun and colorful And when I grow up we didn't really have the money for it and I'm kind of salty I really wish I could have had a flip phone around the same time everybody else did back when I was in school cuz by the time I did get a phone and my 20s it was just a regular boring flat Samsung I don't even really see people make phone covers for like the front of phones anymore because the bezels get smaller and smaller as the screens get wider and wider each year Bring back phone skins,even with computers when you get them they look boring even with laptops I have a laptop that looks like a boring laptop they give you out of school Thankfully there are people who make keycaps for laptops where you can customize them and I'm thankful for that people are thankfully going the route of adding stickers and different designs and covers to their laptops that at least make them look less boring But with phones it's all the same the only unique thing about my current phone is that it's not outdated telling me that stuff isn't working or apps don't work on my phone and that it's orange that's it
Corpofascism really began to reach unprecedented levels of oppressiveness in the 2010s, and when that happened, all remaining joy, variety, etc in everything was stripped away for the sake of "streamlining" the business to ever higher profits.
So true. And I would say technology peaked. Now it goes all downhill... And people are celebrating new tech like the second coming of christ. AI christ....
In 2002 couldn't wait for phones to have proper cameras, screens, speakers, and enough flash memory to store everything I needed on the go. When I got the Nokia 7610, it was finally the first time that I could go online to chat in MSN Messenger for SymbianOS (instead of being bound to my PC at home), store 20 MP3s and many camera pictures. Today's technology has become boring because it's no longer a first-time experience-it's just an iteration that does the same tasks in (not always) better quality. I really don't miss to carry an anti-shock CD player, wired earphones, a dumbphone and/or a netbook with me. It's all there, in my stinky S24 Ultra with all the preinstalled spyware and its planned obsolescence. What we've lost over the years are the unique designs, but thats a matter of practicality. A Nokia 7380 was an eye catcher but it's design doesn't work with the apps nowadays and writing text messages simply sucked.
I miss physical keyboards. I don't want a folding phone unless it folds out into a tactile freaking keyboard. There were some blue tooth iphone cases that had keyboards but they sucked because it wasn't integrated hardware. Connectivity never worked. Now I don't think anyone really makes them.
I got a Unihertz Titan phone. It actually does have a physical keyboard like a Blackberry. Needless to say, I get a lot of looks like I just came through a time machine. But I can actually enjoy typing on my phone, unlike anybody else.
I see the world through a lens of "latent deaths", the most recent and significant occurring in 2001, 2008, and 2020, after which points, much of the world slowly eroded away over the following years. The joy of technology eroded away in the years following 2008.
Another banger video. May the algorithm bestow many impressions upon thine offerings. I used to use an iPod Shuffle at my job as a sign spinner. This was only 10 years ago so I had a Galaxy phone at that point. For some reason I just really preferred the Shuffle because I'm a nifty guy. And I could clip it to my shorts. That was literally the best job I ever had and may ever have for the rest of my life.
Feels like 90% of tech nowdays is designed around harvesting as much data from the user as possible rather than creating something really cool or stylish.
I think this is exactly the reason why AI is so talked about. It’s literally the newest thing that tech has come out in a while. Everything in the past decade was just upgrades, minus Covid. But even that sucked, like I was hoping for the movie contagion.
I think the way we keep being told and keep telling ourselves that we NEED to keep certain apps/social media sites to be reachable/for work is part of what's keeping us stuck in it, because 97% of the time it's not actually true that you need to be on it. if people have your phone number you don't need any social media like you just genuinely don't and you won't realise that until you get off it. it can get lonely though
2007 things went downhill with Apple released the first smartphones, now everybody's addicted to them and can't take thier eyes of the screen for more than a femtosecond. Things hit rock bottom a couple of years ago when AI became a thing. Now I can't do a web search without AI and it's terrible answeres being shoved down my throat.
Modern tech: not only is it unattractive and homogenous, it's unserviceable and downright malicious. Talk about disinformation algorithms, surveillance and the subscription model, plus planned obsolescence. Louis Rossmann's nipples cameo appearance FTW! And I used deviantART back in the 2000s.
'Boo hoo, subscription model.' Your fault. Everyone's fault. Everyone accepted it, enabled it. Don't like it? Unsubscribe to everything that is not essential. And stay that way. The viability of the models will crumble.
I really really hate that technology nowadays is moving to subscriptions. Software, TV, music..is a matter of time when Operating systems and even using your regular phone must have a subscription something.
Nah dude keep the impressions in the videos. I think they're funny and help move the video along well. I'd also love to see a video of you rant about social media. I think the best thing about old phones was the variety and funness of them. They were more unique back in the day
As much as I agree with the premise if the video, it brings a certain quote to mind. "I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is _new_ and _exciting_ and _revolutionary,_ and you can probably get a career in it! 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things." - Douglas Adams
I'm just hear to understand why some people aren't thrilled with new tech. I mean, we're literally in a tech-as-arms-race age, and my friends still seem indifferent about new advancements. How awesome does it need to be?
As convenient as it is to have a single device that does everything, I miss feeling like a Spy Kid with a bunch of cool little gadgets on me at all times
it's not convenient, it's overly complicated garbage
I was just speaking on this earlier, the smart phone changed the world by centralizing all technologies. I was speaking of downgrading back to a flip phone, a mp3 Bluetooth player, and a garmin in my vehicle to decentralize my smart phone usage and all it’s cons
@@secretsnipeopomggg same, and that’s what made it more interesting too because it left space for individuality and authenticity that’s why it was much more fun because technology had personality same with Instagram face and bbl bodies too!!
can’t play dvd😓
I miss the fact that there is very little competition between products nowadays since a few large companies practically control the entire market.
The best way I saw someone putting it is "The convenience you demanded is now mandatory".
True
Been mad about this since the moment I had to have internet to play a video game (so around 2008 probably was when Steam started becoming mandatory).
And I can route it back to ever since the pandemic when social interaction was put on restriction. When Skype transitioned to Zoom, when it went from friends to work, that’s when it felt this exact way.
@@TranscendentalAirwavesThe games on console that came out during the late 2000s to early 2010s had a lot more playability to them, the party chats were more alive back then. Nowadays it feels like a school of children
@@TranscendentalAirwaves It's ironic because by pirating those games you don't require internet connection, which makes it an objectively better product than the game being sold originally
I miss that time when phones and tech companies revolved around our lives and not the opposite
We revolve around productivity, but it hasn’t rewarded us because they’ve stolen it..
@@filipmartinez1162 They haven't stolen it though...
I used to be interested in tech and the internet because I was the weird kid, but now that's just what everybody does and it's nowhere near as fun as I used to imagine it would be
I hate how EVERY tech company/website has its own version of AI when all the non-AI features work just as well but Google is INSISTENT I use gemini
It wouldn't be so bad if they were good, desired features. But they aren't. They're a solution to a problem nobody was having. I hate them.
@@Atlas.Brooklyn I 100% agree. It makes no difference and adds nothing to the experience of using the site, I was gonna find out what I searched with or without the robot
Gemini having a big disclaimer on the activation screen outright saying it has less features than Google Assistant makes me wonder what the damn point is then
Like yeah we have the internet for a reason so there's essentially no reason for these AIs
"just as well" is giving them too much credit
the non-AI features literally work better
Tech stopped being cool when tech started to use us instead of us using them. That's back when we still had the choice of interacting with technology instead of it being ever present. We used to be "connected" but now we are *CONNECTED™* at all times, whether we like it or not.
It's also technology's incessant requests for your information, your data, everything having an app when it really shouldn't and everything needing to be a subscription. Big corporations have taken everything and made it corporately homogenized and taking all the personality out but replacing it with hollow enthusiasm and wallpapered "authenticity".
"No matter where you are, everyone is always connected."
-Serial Experiments Lain (1998)
it's gone too far.
I've got to admit, people tried to warn me in 2012 it was going to turn this way eventually. I had misplaced faith in the ability of new social media sites to pop up and steal users if an old site takes a bad turn (which, tbf, had happened a lot of times until 2009); so I thought they'd stay at least somewhat reasonable. Welp.
I dunno man it's still pretty much a choice. I WILL say that being forced out of using cash is a thing you can't avoid sure, but everything else is basically optional.
I don't have social media and the closest thing I use to it is discord when I play a game with friends who aren't within driving distance....which I do on my computer something I am only near for 4 hours tops a day. The app apocalypse is only an issue if you don't just go online and find the place's phone # and call them, most of the nightmare you're experiencing you are willingly signing up for
The last nail in the coffin is AI, it's ruined Pinterest, Instagram and many other apps. But then again Instagram ruined itself by copying Tiktok
Instagram ruined itself by letting Zuckerberg buy it, just like Whatsapp.
pinterest was always absolute trash that stole a lot of people's work for their garbage ass site without permission
AI does not exist.
2:51
I don’t know anyone who used the Internet when 3G was new
I only remember the anxiety of accidentally pressing the button and then immediately pressing the end button and hoping my parents won’t get charged hundreds of dollars for a few kilobits of data
That’s why I download free apps
@@nickthompson4978 thats how i ended up running up a bill that was half the retail value of the iphone that my parents gave me
@@nickthompson4978? Even downloading free apps back then or connecting to the internet required money
The worst part is that these still exist solely to scam seniors. They charge what seemed like a good deal in 2010 and then upcharge if you go over. Poor customers don't know how much tech has improved since then to look elsewhere
I used 3G and the like, and I also panicked whenever I fired up the browser by mistake so the WAP/2G/3G wouldn't eat all my credit lmao.
That panic is a universal memory for everyone who had a phone back then that kids now will never get to experience.
I really miss the era when a new technology meant a totally new aspect in your life. Nowadays everything is just a slightly different way to experience the internet
I ESPECIALLY miss the idea of communicating with people from far off distances being a COOL thing. Either being from the internet, radio, or even CB radio was something that I thought was cool as a kid
it's cool if the people on the other end of the wire are cool. with so many people just posting noise (and algos promoting inflammatory messages to keep you logged in longer) it gets harder to find the cool people.
It feels like technology went from "tech that genuinely improves our lives" to "the next hyper corporotized tech that tries to create needs we dont have".
The sad thing is: there is a lot of cool tech still being developed, but either the hyper corporization feeling is there, or the tech feels half baked.
Look at VR, we could be so far further with it, with the technology we have on our hands now, but in the 9(!) years since it the original Oculus and Vive released, it doesnt feel like it went much anywhere.
Thats another point: technology is starting to slow down massively. Compare stuff from the 90s to early 2000s, like game consoles. The advancements in that single decade are MASSIVE, compared to how tech evolved from 2015 to today.
I don't think VR will ever become a thing. But considering how smartphones became a thing, I think that's for the better.
@@rwall514 VR is a thing now and constantly growing. The problem I meant was that VR didnt evolve as quickly as it could have and companies refusing to make memorable VR games. I mean: why is HL:Alyx and Boneworks still the poster child for what VR can do?
VR can only be improved so quickly while keeping it affordable. There isn't really anyone holding back the technology, the improvements are gradual and take time. Going from a Windows Mixed Reality (anything BUT mixed reality but ok microsoft) headset to Oculus Quest 2 was a pretty big upgrade for me. I went from barely usable tracking and cords to rock solid tracking and being able to use it wirelessly, either standalone or by wirelessly connecting it to my PC.
As for software, it is very simple: Too niche. Even as Oculus Quest made VR a lot more accessible, there isn't much money in it unless you have set yourself up to build VR like Valve, HTC and Meta has. AAA can not be counted on, they have made some nice dips into VR but AAA is not really throwing big money into VR games because it is too risky. Here it is mostly the enthusiasts who independently create VR games and pave the path forward for the AAA studios to follow. Almost all of the BIG VR games started out as indie games.
@@xXYannuschXx Also just gonna list off some good, recent-ish VR games.
Vertigo 2
The Light Brigade
Arken Age
Grimlord
Iron Rebellion
Contractors Showdown : ExfilZone
Underdogs
@@rwall514 Smartphones worked because they're small and integrate into normal life. VR requires you to strap a machine to your face and move all the furniture out of a room so you don't hurt yourself. If there was a good enough reason for more people to go to the trouble of doing that VR would take off. That said it really does make you feel like you're there even if the graphics are minimal because it taps into that "oh something's coming RIGHT AT ME" part of your brain that nothing really does right now, it's novel and primal
My school did gave us the day off when Call of Duty MW2 came out, the principal was in his 30's and still is a gamer, big hello to Principal Villa!!
That's the coolest thing ever, crazy how he could just give everyone a day off, but I wouldn't be complaining
No way lol
shoutout Principal Villa the goat
8:01 so true. I MISS when we didn’t need to have an eternal internet connection to be able to participate in society. I wish I could get a dumb phone and not have to be stuck on my phone all the time, but it feels so impossible. My city recently switched every parking garage and parking meter payment system to the pay mobile app. So even to park my car to go to a restaurant that has a QR menu, the only option is to pay for a spot online 😭😭 Great video as always!
YES! I live in Orlando. THE tourist mecca. Almost all roads here are tolls. Tourists and those who drive little are PUNSHISHED for using the road because you can't pay cash anymore. Consequently, the system looks up your plate and bills you the toll PLUS surcharges for not using the transponder (something else you have to BUY). Why on earth would tourists purchase a toll transponder??! This should be freaking illegal!
It is.
"This note is legal tender for ALL debts, public and private".
"I MISS when we didn't need..." - You still don't need,
"I wish..." - You CAN.
"It feels so impossible." - It's NOT.
This whole comment section whining like they have no choice and it's all just blathering bullshit. You make the choice every day and then, here on TH-cam - one of the many tech choices you've made - you lie to yourselves to absolve yourselves of the choice you made. It's pathetic.
I'm in my mid 30s and a resonate with everything you said. I left social media behind and like an ex-smoker am passionately anti-social media now. Myspace was cool back in the day, now social media is a social and mental cancer ripping apart the very fabric of social interaction. I feel bad for Gen Z and A but will try to offer guidance where I can.
I hate social media so much. I quit tiktok almost a year ago and I haven’t regretted it for a second.
obligatory "if you arent on social media, why are you on youtube" comment. aanyways i agree, im currently trying to leave one of my social medias. i usually use socmed to watch artists or photographers, but for some reason i keep just scrolling on it, and not really just for the art. im not really sure why i thought a twitter clone would be good for me anyways. 😅
@ TH-cam isn't the same as social media platforms. For me it replaces TV, is good for education, niche interests etc. If it didn't have comment sections, I'd still use it exactly the same. It doesn't stress me out or occupy any space in my mind. I don't even know what socmed is, but I wish you the best
youtube is as bad as tiktok at this point, you are kidding yourself
Stop lying to yourself. TH-cam is social media.... @SubArchitectDJ
I've been thinking about starting an Amish 2.0 cult. The technology cut off is going to be somewhere between 2007 and 2014.
Or if it just focused on only allowing useful innovation and technologies. I would support it either way.
ye thts a pretty good idea if you can somehow make a 3g antenna work there ill join with my n95 8gb
if you get multiple tvs i think a logitech harmony remote would be cool, it should work with all/most tvs, and you get to make people fight over it if theres no other remotes. :)
though if theres only one or two tvs itd probably just be cheaper to have regular remotes
omg yes !!!! create a neocities website so we can team up 🗣🗣🗣🗣
@Evan-wh1rd good point, it'll just be for consumer products. Sectors like space/ocean exploration, healthcare, power generation, etc. can still go full steam ahead.
Basically, a key feature of the movement is to have 90% of people's interaction with the internet be confined to a desktop instead of a phone. Wifi/mobile data should only be used for emergencies and to increase economic efficiency.
Nothing is a novelity anymore, its all mundane.
I do miss when technology was unique. Heck, I miss when UI was unique. Just stop it with the minimalistic, bland designs…and just go back to the cool unique designs we had back in the day. Sure, some technology is still unique looking (looking at you, Gaming consoles), but…everything else is just…bland.
Omg minimalism sucks! I hope maximalism is the next trend.
App page design is beyond repair. You can stare at the badly designed page for minutes while you desperately search for what you went on there for. Where is the DELETE ACCOUNT button??????????
It especially sucks that it's invading even Linux. I feel like we're just on the tail end of original desings until everything there starts looking minimalistic.
the same design scheme: black,white,grey,and very,very flat in appearance.
UI design moving into a singularity where all UI design is boring, flat, minimalist, and grayscale makes me wonder if we'll reach a point where nearly everyone is collectively sick of the trend, and a counter-trend of more detailed, skeuomorphic UI designs will emerge as a response.
The one good thing about the fast evolving Technology is that i can enjoy such great videos
Yeah I feel like I missed out on a lot of content that others got to enjoy until phones / TH-cam became more prevelant. When you don't have cable and only have access to DVDs your parents bought, youre kinda screwed!
Kids these days don't realize the joy in having 40 different cords for 20 different devices, and for some reason 20 of them are the same-shaped plugin but doesn't either charge the item or connect it to a PC. That's where my hatred of technology started. Now that everything uses some form of USB C, all general technology sucks in their own special way.
I love the convenience of usb c so much.
And half of my USB C cables and chargers won't charge half of my devices, or charge at massively different rates with no clear indication of why (without doing some research and reading the small print every time I want to plug something in). Nothing has changed except that now _all_ of the plugs look the same.
@@hihellothere9569 I love it too, but it has its own drawbacks.
Like trying to transfer files from my phone to my PC only to find out the cable I've used only supports charging, or buying a 40W super fast charger only to realise the cable I'm using only supports 15W fast charging. Minor inconveniences sure, but still inconveniences nonetheless.
USB-C is not compatible with USB-C as someone else has already posted. There seems to be no ground *standard* and everything is apparently optional within the cables.
1990 Jerry Seinfeld called, he wants his hairdo back
Just kidding by the way, I dig the do
Was trying to figure out why that looked so familiar... It's perfect!
wHat iS tHE dEal wiTH hAirDo's?
I miss how creative tech designs were. It’s SO boring now
I don't think kids and teenagers nowadays will ever experience how new technology was exciting as 15-20 years ago.
Remember going to the friends house and playing video games on consoles, pc's, transfering the music, pictures, videos from friends phone to your phone. Wild phone designs from 2000s. When buying new phone was whole other experience. You never knew what you get until you buy new phone and then figure out what's new, how it works. Checking out new friends phone...
I wish we just stuck to late 2000s technology and not improve from there.
We didn't improve, the opposite happened.
In the 90s and 2000s you had tons of cool "gadgets" that were all basically replaced by the frickin smartphone in he 2010s. People used to use a bunch of specialized devices like camcorders, digital cameras, cell phones that were basically just a phone, electronic musical instruments like drum machines and keyboards, pocket calculators, portable CD and then Mp3 players, PDAs that you could do simple stuff like take notes on, etc. When people started using one device for everything, it felt like human culture died; all that freedom of choice and user control and autonomy was replaced by a stupid, monolithic black rectangle.
I remember being so excited for mobile games as a new medium. Plants VS Zombies, Fruit Ninja and Angry Birds felt so different from what I had played on consoles and freemium games didn't exist yet. Now everything is a gambling simulator.
Everything is not a gambling simulator. Many things ARE gambling (not simulating it though; just actual gambling) but plenty aren't.
People are just sobbing about their own refusal to actually look for the things they want, blaming anything external for THEIR choices to be constantly connected...
I loved when phones were foldable or you had the keyboard snap out like just the whole transformation/customization aspect of it. Now the only choise of flip phones is either the ones intended for kids or old people that only have the bare basic features or the lost expensive smart phone on the market. I also miss the little holes intended for putting charms on your phone.
I came to talk about the had barbie flip phone , it's so cute and comes with charms, i completely agree ❤ I have a flip 5 and my barbie phone for love of flip hehe
The things I miss the most about old Tec was that it was Useful, Simple,minded its own business and genuinely Fun and safe now most of it is either Pointless,complicated, can't go on 1 app or wesite Asking for a account or stealing my data, bland or ugly, and now so so many unsafe things just some of which are destroyong mental health on pourpuss to exploit you,Destroying our ability to use important skills, Being insulting basturedizing souless mimicry of Creativity, Taking 10 times more jobs than the industrial revolution in one Of the worst recession's in modern history, or becoming the freaking rise of Either The OCP corporation From Robocop or skynet from Terminator
[The difernce is that one is the corporate aristocracy useing robots to Dipose of use when they don't see us as useful and the other is The sentient Ai doing the same When it sees us a useless and annoying] Oh And I didn't need to always replace It Every 2 FUC!#@ Years!!!
I'm chronically ill so I go to the dr a lot and every one has a different "portal" and if I don't log into "the portal" I can't get my test results, pay, see the details of my appointments...like what the hell 😭
This is why I am glad my country of residence (Norway) has public healthcare. The portal (Helsenorge) is standardised, it is the same everywhere.
This guy finna blow up
I got the Samsung galaxy z flip to feel to help reignite that old school excitement, but it just doesn't hit the same smh. I end up leaving it open like a normal slab phone most of the time
Don’t buy it for the old school experience. If you want old school get a dumb phone.
typing on a cat s22 rn i love this thing
@@geggy310problem with getting dumb phones is alot of them only support 4g and not even LTE so the signal cuts out alot as it's getting phased out and if you're like me you rely on having constant access to email and text messages with photos for work there just aren't any good dumb phones anymore that work with modern cell networks that are only designed for old people who just need to make calls
The way phones are used today is just too different to back then for it to make sense.
it doesnt work bc there's no headphone jack...
It’s not just tech even, it’s people too. along with tech and social media being the same/copies of eachother, it’s the same with a lot content and creators. How many Brent Riveras do we need guys cmon
Ross from friends is spitting mad facts yo! Respect!
Because that tech has stopped serving the user and started to serve the corporations, at the expense of the user.
And yes, I am aware that consumer products, be it cars, toasters or mobile phones are made by corporations, who have to make a profit. But when the profits are supposed to increase constantly, something has to give:
- the quality - product won't much beyond the mandatory warranty
- maintenance - changing a lightbulb requires removing the front bumper, changing the battery requires pluging in a service computer to reset the car's unit. Battery in a smartphone is built into the motherboard, it's no longer pnp.
- features - more and more functions are subscription based. Be it watching movies, listening to music or heating seats in the car. Again, for the constant flow of money and pleasing the shareholders
Another annoying symptom of todays technology is that everything is driven by an algorithm that decides what you should consume. I can search the exact video I’m looking for on TH-cam, and I won’t find it. All I’ll find is a bunch of unrelated videos that the algorithm has decided I should want to watch instead of that one video I’m actually trying to find
"I can search the exact video I’m looking for on TH-cam, and I won’t find it."
Yes you will.
@@Tvaikah Not unless he uses alternate search engines he won't. Oh I forgot you mean TH-cam videos not web pages, that is a whole different story.
0:43 Scot the Woz!!
Your videos have really been helping me lately. Your channel is like a glorious, somewhat liminal corner of the Internet where I hear opinions and delivery that make me happy.
Thank you for making these videos. They're priceless!
thank you for watching them :) hope all is well
Admit it. It’s not the technology. It’s the social media that made us like this.
Old school Facebook and TH-cam felt pretty good
@The_MEMEphis I could actually write to a girl without it being ultra-creepy by default. Only did it once though lol and we did end up dating a while. Good times.
@@heddshot87 I know plenty of guys who still slide into DMs aslong as it's genuine and not creepy you're fine, the only reason chicks get weirded out is because they have a million different dudes being creepy in their DMs, have you talked to women recently ask them to show their message requests and DMS it's really bad if they are generally attractive
@The_MEMEphis Ahh there was nothing old school about Facebook, that is exactly when things started to really suck.
Also to add, I think the internet from 10 years ago didn’t have major companies sucking up all the joy and turning the internet into a regression of corporate capitalism throwing money at everything for instant results …now every thing just lacks the energy of having its own vibe.
Yeah, for me the biggest change about the internet is that it no longer feels like a DIY creative space. It used to be a natural outgrowth of stuff like underground music scenes, zine-making, amateur videography etc, and now if you do any of that stuff as a hobby there's this huge push to monetise it and for it to become your new stressful career, and the odds of your non-corporate, online creative project getting seen is so low that you feel like you have to adopt professional PR techniques just so strangers will see it. The homogenisation of interfaces on social media sites is particularly depressing - in the early days we had much more freedom to customise that stuff so that who we were and what we made stood out instantly. Now it's all teeny-weeny avatars a person can barely see, and no free HTML/CSS boxes to let us really cook layout-wise...
physical smartphone keyboards yes please! I remember typing on my phone without needing to look at the keypad. been eyeing on the blackberry key2 for some time
Those exist. You can buy them.
@Tvaikah yeah blackberry key2. I wrote that on my comment
i think it's more they lost the aesthetics, I was born in the mid 80s and tech was cool looking in the 90s and early 2000s. once the iphone and streaming came out it basically all got cookie cutter in terms of how it looked. I do miss physical keyboards on my phones I hate having to use the touch screens.
I loved how small old phones were. My old tiny samsung could fit in even the tiniest of pockets. Looking almost like a bullet. Cool
my 2018 motorola smartphone had less tech, but fit my hand *perfectly.* After that year, the phone size was the #1 reason i broke my smartphones earlier then I should.
Peoples hate it but still use it...
We started hating technology when it stopped being useful and started using us.
I remember as a kid cutting out a piece of hard paper, folding it and drawing on it to make a futuristic cell phone/computer device. Fast forward to now, I have something like that but I'm disappointed. It doesn't have the neat fold out keyboard, the OS isn't a free desktop-eque experience, and most importantly, it doesn't look cool af.
Once technology aspired to be our servant, now it aspires to be our master.
OMG! Great Video! You surfaced everything I've been thinking! When you have to use an app with two factor authentication to pay your light bill you know society has regressed beyond recognition. "Oh! There are scammers out there trying to pay my light bill!" And by the way...phones used to be for calling people and businesses. NOBODY answers the phone anymore but a chatbot that offers you 9 choices none of which describe why you are calling. I used to have an IPOD. It was great. Music that I BOUGHT was available to me 24/7 forever. Now I pay every month for a music streaming service. I look for the music I want to play only to find that it is not on the service anymore. MODERN TECH S__KS
I've already had like 10 different videos from you in my recommended, and each time I was like "hey it's from this guy I like this guy" you know what I'm subscribing to this guy.
the mind control is working
I miss the personality and lack of bombardment I felt with my old flip phone. Sending texts and sharing media wasn't as quick and easy as it is now, so I didn't have to worry about getting spammed as much. Also Plants vs Zombies was way cool to play on that thing
When the day comes that a piece of new technology makes people lose their minds like how they were when the iPhone was first introduced, we’ll be truly back.
A few years ago I was shopping for a smartphone after several years with a dumb/feature phone, and was initially excited to catch up on some of the cool features I'd been missing in smartphones... I'd heard about the FM radios, small oled screens for notifications, funky camera mechanisms, gimmicky gadgets... Only to find out that the cool features are mostly gone and it's just about bigger screens and fancier cameras. Whoop de do. I wanted to just get an older smartphone that had those features, but they're not supported by the carriers any more because of 3G shutting down.
if they can make the camera and NFC lighter...i will cry a little. also, headphone jacks.
My favorite phone I ever owned was the Ryan Newman edition LG ax490 from Alltel. It was shaped like a racecar and had the letters moved from the number keypad to make texting faster. It was awesome.
4:20 You forgot e621 and Inkbunny. All those came out around 2009-2010
Man you have no idea how long I hung onto phones with keyboards. In the 2010's there was a 4g Sidekick and Blackberry made some android phones and I had them all. I hung on so long but they became outdated and now I have a soulless phone again and it's so boring.
I have a taxi app on my work phone that sends me notifications like "Where do you want to go today?" and "Weekend is coming up, we'll drive you home when you are blackout drunk as long as you don't barf in our cars" and "It's a nice day for a drive-by, gather your best buds and your guns, let's shoot some stuff!"... Like, you don't think it's up to me to decide when I want a cab? Oh no, a notification told me to take a cab so I'd better do it, such is the power of a vibrating pocket. If it was my personal phone, that app would have been flushed and banned long ago
i ate technology
That would explain my weight gain
Yum
taste good?
@itsalwaysoniontime yuh
Recognized the “from under the cork tree” cd flying across the screen instantly. Nice nod
yet another chon W, im realllllyy passionate about the dulling of modern culture.
Thank you mr chon once again with the banger video, i hate how people get so impatient and act like im ignoring them because i went to the toilet for 5 minutes and didnt reply. Sorry i was wiping my arse i guess?? god.
I still have my ipod nano. I got it in 2015 actually.
Since all phone have removed expandable storage we may have to go back to having mp3 players lmao
@BasedZoomer oh you're so right. But the thing is, I used to have one of these zany types of sliding "smart" phones back in 2009. It looks so cool like it came out of Totally Spies. It's magenta pink too. But it had so little storage for music, videos and photos. Basic web browser. Early back camera like it was almost 360p but blurry
But it was so awesome to me. It had the early touchscreen along with keypads.
But it broke after one fall on the floor😢it was my fault. But it was definitely unique and unforgettable.
I remember when we used to watch Pokémon play through guides on squirtleisland. The surprise was immense when they updated the design.
The lack of Pokémon content was bit sad..
Another banger, glad to see you're doing well dude! Can't wait to see what comes in 2025 :3
thank you mark, hope all is well :*
Everyone just has the same boring rectangle in their pocket now it's lame.
i don't hate technology i quite like my phone
Was not expecting this blast from the past lmfao. To date myself, my 3 (?) year old self had to learn to use MS-DOS to launch the Beauty and the Beast game on... Win95? The phone I used the most and miss is the Nokia N95, dedicated media buttons if you slid the phone the opposite way, 5MP Camera with Flash (Top tier back then), Wifi and GPS, etc. I can't believe how freeing it is to have a comment section I can fully be "Old man yells at cloud" in. Fuck, we've been through a lot, eh?
Here's other trigger words: CheatCodeDataBase, Netscape Navigator, LimeWire/Ares, IRC, I can haz cheeseburger, Encarta for Kids, Kellogg's F1 CD Prize (or cereal with toy prizes in general), I really could go on.
Exactly, like for all these reasons, I want an OLD Razr, not a new one that just unfolds into another IPhone, I want the Razr that innovated and streamlined what a phone could be.
I remember when programs would infest spyware into their installers and people were quick to complain about viruses but now with smartphones, we’ve become so oblivious to the enshittification that they are accustomed to upgrade their phones when apps slow down because of the constant stream of updates - hence why Windows did the same since 8 when tapping into the mobile market.
Love your sense of humour man, great video and made me laugh a lot
I remember having one of those Thinkpads with the red 'nipple'. Man, did your finger ever get tired and sore using that thing! Good times.
It's very simple - tech itself jumped into the driver's seat. It's no longer the aide, it's the master. It isn't helping us to communicate, create or be more productive, it tells us how to communicate, it stifles creativity and forces us to be non-stop available for work, and for a lot of things we need breaks from to remain sane.
Tech is in the driver's seat, and it's drunk as hell.
That Mario chair is Goofy and awesome at the same time. I agree about how technology seems pretty inconvenient. We become so reliant on it that we actually have to use it to do our jobs and technical difficulties will happen it just is inevitable they happen and you have no control over it and it's frustrating. I like the perks and the conveniences yes and I do like that it is simple to do a job on a smartphone but when you end up in areas where you just can't get reception you literally cannot do your job. It's a pain in the ass.
1:37 How did you know I had this exact same computer for 11 years straight? No seriously, that is the exact set up I have from 2004 - 2015.... I miss it so much....
Chon, your channel name is the same as one of my favorite bands' name so when I saw Chon in my recommended I clicked. Was disappointed at first but I stuck around haha. Great vid!
I'm glad I found you by looking up a band and adding nostalgia at the end
Making gadgets dependent on being online made them irritating.
Great vid, really hit the nail on the head regarding technology lol. Also enjoyed the Chipss cameo
he stole the show
Back in the frutiger Aero days tech was fun, design was interesting and it all had a nice personality to it. Modern tech feels like an accountant in a plain suit telling you at gunpoint "you'll cede all your data and you'll be happy"
Not specific device related. But definitely related to how bad our reliance on tech has become. A while back I broke down in the middle of nowhere with minimal cell service. I tried to call roadside assistance only to be greeted with a robot trying to text me a link to locate me using the internet…. Which of course didn’t work because ya know… middle of nowhere. After some hassle I realized there was no backup in place and no one to talk to me from my insurance that advertised 24/7 roadside assistance. I managed to just barely get a location input, but I couldn’t imagine how dangerous this would be in the middle of the night or in a bad place. Even 911 is doing the same thing now in some places. Scary.
The Nokia e7 with the keyboard that snapped out. That was peak design.
3:22 "you look good for 65!" LMAO
Omg I want a phone with a physical keyboard! I had the BlackBerry Classic, the BlackBerry Passport, The BlackBerry Priv, the BlackBerry Key1 and the BlackBerry Key2 and you know what kind of BlackBerry I have now? None because BlackBerry doesn't exist anymore!
I have the cordination of a dead skunk so how the hell am I supposed to type on a touchscreen? Also why is every car a crossover these days?
Unihertz has a few phones if you're willing to put up with the quirks of an older Android version.
it's because every company wants to be THE company. Every company is still chasing that dream of "we'll be the next iPhone"
Back then, products displayed your individuality. Now it displays how much you can conform.
I've seen so many Twitter threads and people on Tumblr and other places even Instagram talk
about how they miss how old stuff look and I am right there with everyone else I had how boring these phones look they are all flat and boring and the only way you can customize them is putting a phone case on them and it's not like you get to see the phone case everyone else does which doesn't really feel Fair we used to be able to put full coverage on phone it sucks
I miss the see-through laptops and phones and stuff we had in the early 2000s and stuff it was so fun and colorful
And when I grow up we didn't really have the money for it and I'm kind of salty I really wish I could have had a flip phone around the same time everybody else did back when I was in school cuz by the time I did get a phone and my 20s it was just a regular boring flat Samsung
I don't even really see people make phone covers for like the front of phones anymore because the bezels get smaller and smaller as the screens get wider and wider each year
Bring back phone skins,even with computers when you get them they look boring even with laptops I have a laptop that looks like a boring laptop they give you out of school
Thankfully there are people who make keycaps for laptops where you can customize them and I'm thankful for that people are thankfully going the route of adding stickers and different designs and covers to their laptops that at least make them look less boring
But with phones it's all the same the only unique thing about my current phone is that it's not outdated telling me that stuff isn't working or apps don't work on my phone and that it's orange that's it
Hot Mulligan and Frank Sinatra? new sub brotha... cool vid too
Corpofascism really began to reach unprecedented levels of oppressiveness in the 2010s, and when that happened, all remaining joy, variety, etc in everything was stripped away for the sake of "streamlining" the business to ever higher profits.
So true. And I would say technology peaked. Now it goes all downhill... And people are celebrating new tech like the second coming of christ. AI christ....
Who are "people" in this case?
In 2002 couldn't wait for phones to have proper cameras, screens, speakers, and enough flash memory to store everything I needed on the go. When I got the Nokia 7610, it was finally the first time that I could go online to chat in MSN Messenger for SymbianOS (instead of being bound to my PC at home), store 20 MP3s and many camera pictures. Today's technology has become boring because it's no longer a first-time experience-it's just an iteration that does the same tasks in (not always) better quality. I really don't miss to carry an anti-shock CD player, wired earphones, a dumbphone and/or a netbook with me. It's all there, in my stinky S24 Ultra with all the preinstalled spyware and its planned obsolescence. What we've lost over the years are the unique designs, but thats a matter of practicality. A Nokia 7380 was an eye catcher but it's design doesn't work with the apps nowadays and writing text messages simply sucked.
I miss physical keyboards. I don't want a folding phone unless it folds out into a tactile freaking keyboard. There were some blue tooth iphone cases that had keyboards but they sucked because it wasn't integrated hardware. Connectivity never worked. Now I don't think anyone really makes them.
I got a Unihertz Titan phone. It actually does have a physical keyboard like a Blackberry.
Needless to say, I get a lot of looks like I just came through a time machine.
But I can actually enjoy typing on my phone, unlike anybody else.
I see the world through a lens of "latent deaths", the most recent and significant occurring in 2001, 2008, and 2020, after which points, much of the world slowly eroded away over the following years. The joy of technology eroded away in the years following 2008.
Technology lost me when it stopped serving me and started serving shareholders.
Another banger video. May the algorithm bestow many impressions upon thine offerings.
I used to use an iPod Shuffle at my job as a sign spinner. This was only 10 years ago so I had a Galaxy phone at that point. For some reason I just really preferred the Shuffle because I'm a nifty guy. And I could clip it to my shorts. That was literally the best job I ever had and may ever have for the rest of my life.
Feels like 90% of tech nowdays is designed around harvesting as much data from the user as possible rather than creating something really cool or stylish.
I think this is exactly the reason why AI is so talked about. It’s literally the newest thing that tech has come out in a while. Everything in the past decade was just upgrades, minus Covid. But even that sucked, like I was hoping for the movie contagion.
I think the way we keep being told and keep telling ourselves that we NEED to keep certain apps/social media sites to be reachable/for work is part of what's keeping us stuck in it, because 97% of the time it's not actually true that you need to be on it. if people have your phone number you don't need any social media like you just genuinely don't and you won't realise that until you get off it. it can get lonely though
2007 things went downhill with Apple released the first smartphones, now everybody's addicted to them and can't take thier eyes of the screen for more than a femtosecond. Things hit rock bottom a couple of years ago when AI became a thing. Now I can't do a web search without AI and it's terrible answeres being shoved down my throat.
Modern tech: not only is it unattractive and homogenous, it's unserviceable and downright malicious. Talk about disinformation algorithms, surveillance and the subscription model, plus planned obsolescence.
Louis Rossmann's nipples cameo appearance FTW! And I used deviantART back in the 2000s.
'Boo hoo, subscription model.'
Your fault. Everyone's fault. Everyone accepted it, enabled it. Don't like it? Unsubscribe to everything that is not essential. And stay that way. The viability of the models will crumble.
I really really hate that technology nowadays is moving to subscriptions. Software, TV, music..is a matter of time when Operating systems and even using your regular phone must have a subscription something.
Nah dude keep the impressions in the videos. I think they're funny and help move the video along well.
I'd also love to see a video of you rant about social media.
I think the best thing about old phones was the variety and funness of them. They were more unique back in the day
As much as I agree with the premise if the video, it brings a certain quote to mind.
"I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies:
1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works.
2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is _new_ and _exciting_ and _revolutionary,_ and you can probably get a career in it!
3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things."
- Douglas Adams
This is so true. Got a clicks case just to feel something again.
I'm just hear to understand why some people aren't thrilled with new tech. I mean, we're literally in a tech-as-arms-race age, and my friends still seem indifferent about new advancements. How awesome does it need to be?
You can't even hand in paper copies for applications anymore. You have to do it online everywhere.