The Rise of Nostalgia Content and Distaste For Current Tech/Life

ur rite!!! ur v rite!!

Iv lit got an iPod & planning 2 get a flipphone so iv
watched alot ov vidz talking abt this, n it generally seems to b a huge mix of
dissatisfaction w the direction of tech and a yearn 2 go back 2 ur youth/b4 u
were born. 

alot of ppl tend 2 say this isnt tha internet they were
promised when they were younger, being online is bcomin more like a requirement
than smthn 2 do 4 fun. ppl comparing being online 2 bein @ a mall.

i get it, tech is bcomin more "how do we get ppl
addicted the fastest, how do we maximise profits" than pushing the limits
and testing new things (see: the evolution of the phone. the variation of
flipphones in the 00s and even iPhones in the 10s v how they all r now)
which is tru, u can c it in tha rise of AI and evrythin bcomin more centralised
and owned by like 7 companies who r all tryin 2 appease advertisers.

however it was... also like that back then!! (see: the
halloween documents, evrythin Apple has evr done evr). companies have never
not been obsessed w/ maximising profits and getting return customers, but ppl r
v much aware of it now and seeing it bcome more transparent.

but there was alot more freedom back then. like luk @
myspace profiles and fansites. alot more ppl seemed 2 kno html n css n there
was customisation!!! Ppl cud do what they wanted online. Which. Double edge
sword lmao but it I think ppl miss it bc theres so many restrictions n censors
nowadays that u cant do much if it isn’t glazin the us govt or sum shit.

ppl js wanna go back 2 a simpler time but does that mean the
00s or does that mean their youth yk?

i agree that tech nowadays tends to be too boring, lifeless and featureless. for example, if you look at laptops from the early 00s, they have so many ports and lots of things were replaceable/upgradable, but now they have barely any ports and look boring, i got a chromebook for free (i wouldnt buy it with money) and it has ONE usb port, ONE usb port and a microsd slot, what a joke.

this also goes for things like branding and adverts too, logos used to have character and be nice to look at, now theyre flat, squared off and lack any kind of life to it, also adverts used to be interesting to watch and billboard adverts looked nicer too

i am also getting into old tech mainly because of my curiousity of how things were like back then, i have lots of different dvds of windows versions, also floppy disks etc

but we also shouldnt forget that those times (90s/00s), that people are starting to idealise, didnt come with its issues like nowadays, we may feel that things were probably easier and better back then because things were simpler, and it probably was a better time (i wasnt there), but it wasnt a trouble-free time

but yes, it feels like corporations are trying to pry into our lives more just so they can sell you things or sell your data to dodgy vendors, theres just too much noise

It's definitely a combination of rose-colored glasses and a longing for something we never truly lived through. Being born in 05, I caught the tail end of the era without smart devices, and I agree that it was "better" in one way: Things felt more genuine. Actions had weight, entertainment had value. There was no mindless hypnosis by a phone app for 3 hours that leaves you feeling like crap. The internet was something that lived in a white box in its own room, not something that was attached to you at all times like an organ. People back then had their own issues, and of course likely felt the same about the decade before theirs as we do for the 2000s, but I think the constant presence of technology in our lives has not been for the better. My cat litter box does not need a phone app that requests location, storage, and microphone access. Rant over, all we can do is recognize the current state of things and work to return to a less instant society.