Does anyone else no longer recognise the tech community?

I want to see dial telephones come back - my fingers fitted in the holes - now I press three numbers at the same time. :D:D
 
mrochester said:
I’ve always felt like the tech community thrived on new technology, eagerly adopting new technologies.

Yet in recent times it feels like things have changed. The so-called tech community seem to now want things to stop changing or improving, and in some cases for progress to be reversed. Some areas I’ve seen this are the roll-back of USBC to USBA, roll back to 3.5mm headphone jacks, roll-back to micro-SD cards, roll-back to fingerprint sensors rather than Face ID type authentication.

Why is it that some people have stopped embracing new technologies? I’ve not changed as I continue to still thrive on and embrace new technology.

What has changed do you think?

M.
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I agree with you.

Back in the 80s and 90s not many people were really interested in technology, and those that were, were really pushing it forward.

Now every man and his dog are in on the act. Changing things is difficult when millions of people are using your product.
 
TheOracle said:
I agree with you.

Back in the 80s and 90s not many people were really interested in technology, and those that were, were really pushing it forward.

Now every man and his dog are in on the act. Changing things is difficult when millions of people are using your product.
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Maybe you are right that the sphere is now inhabited by people who are not really tech-enthusiasts but fancy themselves as such. That could be the reason for so much push-back on progress in recent times that we’re seeing.
 
mrochester said:
I was thinking more along the lines of cloud storage. No real need to store things locally anymore just stream from a cloud storage solution.
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You've never been to Norfolk have you? Where my parents live both me and my other half have zero phone signal, broadband tops out at about 6mbps. Cloud storage is right out.

Plus with 512gb in the phone I can store and awful lot locally. Also cloud storage that works with media players? Not found one that works reliably yet.

As for bluetooth headphones. I have them. They're running over AptX. They're fine. Battery doesn't last an entire day so have to charge them if I'm out and about. That means battery pack, cables... Extra weight and faff. 3.5mm headphones don't need a charge and actually sound better. Admittedly they did cost significantly more and have custom moulded earpieces... but...
 
Flibster said:
You've never been to Norfolk have you? Where my parents live both me and my other half have zero phone signal, broadband tops out at about 6mbps. Cloud storage is right out.

Plus with 512gb in the phone I can store and awful lot locally. Also cloud storage that works with media players? Not found one that works reliably yet.

As for bluetooth headphones. I have them. They're running over AptX. They're fine. Battery doesn't last an entire day so have to charge them if I'm out and about. That means battery pack, cables... Extra weight and faff. 3.5mm headphones don't need a charge and actually sound better. Admittedly they did cost significantly more and have custom moulded earpieces... but...
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I can’t say I’ve ever heard of Bluetooth headphones that don’t last a day! I can go maybe 7-8 days of use with 2-3 hours usage a day or so.
 
mrochester said:
I can’t say I’ve ever heard of Bluetooth headphones that don’t last a day! I can go maybe 7-8 days of use with 2-3 hours usage a day or so.
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For me a day in London is about 14 hours. Mine are pretty small iem's and have about 8 hour life. 1.5-2 hour charge time.

Oh yeah, streaming on the London underground?
 
Flibster said:
For me a day in London is about 14 hours. Mine are pretty small iem's and have about 8 hour life. 1.5-2 hour charge time.

Oh yeah, streaming on the London underground?
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You’d use headphones for 14 hours a day?! That sounds.... uncomfortable!

I use my car or walk/run/cycle to work so sorry, can’t sympathise with using the underground
 
mrochester said:
I was thinking more along the lines of cloud storage. No real need to store things locally anymore just stream from a cloud storage solution.
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We still need local storage to take photos and video, and for applications. There arent many people in the position to be able to ditch local storage entirely for the cloud, if any? I see them as more complimentary technologies to be honest.
 
The issue with Bluetooth headphones I think is there is no fallback. If you could connect them to your phone via usb-c to charge or simply to drive them straight from the phone that would be much more reliable.
 
mrochester said:
roll-back of USBC to USBA, roll back to 3.5mm headphone jacks, roll-back to micro-SD cards, roll-back to fingerprint sensors rather than Face ID type authentication.
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much of that is a case of people not feeling that the benefit is worth the hassle.

for example by now folk have lots of usba cables around, and whilst usbc might be better, it's easier if they just stick to the standard especially when few people really exploit the benefits of the new system.

same with headphone jacks, you can't get around the fact that the standard 3.5mm headphone jack means you have infinite battery life, and a good unit is much cheaper. and people are happy to accept the trade off of having wires.

microsd cards too are handy, means (within limits) you can expand your phones storage according to your needs and available technology rather than being stuck with whatever the spec was when you bought the item.

i wouldn't say that face id is a better system than an actual fingerprint reader, in fact the very opposite. facial recognition might have some cool tech behind how it works but it's arguably worse as a security measure.

when "advancements" don't make things any easier or more practical for the end-user then they're not really advancements.
 
mrochester said:
But isn’t that the point of a tech-enthusiast? You’re pushing the envelope and adopting new things before most people see the value in it? For instance, Bluetooth headphones, lightning/USBC, cloud storage rather than local. All things I’ve been doing for years but have only become popular with ‘normobs’ much more recently now they see the value.
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or you are adopting tech that goes nowhere like beta max and all the other failed media types over the years

personally I would never buy a phone without a headphone jack.
I don't only use it for headphones, I also connect my studio monitor speakers to my phone/tablet via 3.5mm sometimes.
they don't have bluetooth or whatever because I didn't want speakers with it
 
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