I too have a love/hate relationship with technology. I constantly seek to disconnect from it and yet so much of what I do is reliant on internet connectivity, accessing files on a cloud service, and 'connecting' with others on social media - which often doesn't feel very social.
I'm also a sucker for sunk cost fallacy so I often feel bad for yeeting a subscription service - usually for writing related things or medical stuff that allowed me lifetime access to something I purchased before switching to the dreaded 'pay or else you lose it all!' style of captivity lol. So frustrating!
Thanks for reminding me to go finally transfer my film archive to my NAS as well... almost forgot about it, oops.
It has definitely robbed us a bit of the human experience by having everything moved through a screen. But I'm sure sounding like my parents when smartphones became a thing...oh no lol.
Absolutely get that. I've always been overly concerned about privacy and ownership so it makes ditching the digital stuff really easy, since I'm willing to put up with a slightly inferior product if it means I don't have to give up those two things.
I wish I could give up my other "subscriptions," like insurance, mortgage, cell plan, annual taxes...hahahaha
I too have a love/hate relationship with technology. I constantly seek to disconnect from it and yet so much of what I do is reliant on internet connectivity, accessing files on a cloud service, and 'connecting' with others on social media - which often doesn't feel very social.
I'm also a sucker for sunk cost fallacy so I often feel bad for yeeting a subscription service - usually for writing related things or medical stuff that allowed me lifetime access to something I purchased before switching to the dreaded 'pay or else you lose it all!' style of captivity lol. So frustrating!
Thanks for reminding me to go finally transfer my film archive to my NAS as well... almost forgot about it, oops.
It has definitely robbed us a bit of the human experience by having everything moved through a screen. But I'm sure sounding like my parents when smartphones became a thing...oh no lol.
Absolutely get that. I've always been overly concerned about privacy and ownership so it makes ditching the digital stuff really easy, since I'm willing to put up with a slightly inferior product if it means I don't have to give up those two things.
I wish I could give up my other "subscriptions," like insurance, mortgage, cell plan, annual taxes...hahahaha