Jelly20 years ago, normal people avoided technology and techies would jump on the newest gadgets as soon as they could
now, normal people buy smart toasters & coffee mugs while every techie I know is on the verge of retreating to the forest
Adam Jacobs 🇺🇦@JellyTBeagle True. I'm reasonably techie myself, and if something I want is offered as coming with AI, my immediate reaction is "if I pay extra, can I have it without AI?"
@statsguy Same, my phone is likely gonna need to be replaced soon and I dread the upcoming search for a phone that doesn't have it hardbuilt in. I'm just hoping the bubble pops soon and I can avoid this generation of phones entirely
@JellyTBeagle I bought a Cubot phone last year. Not specifically because it doesn't have AI, but because it's the only phone I could find that fits in a shirt pocket.
But as a happy side effect, it doesn't have AI.
AdeptVeritatisBeings, who know how to build a phone, are fired nowadays and will never come back.
Don't bet on a next generation of phones.
There will be different things. And copies of the old technology. Like I still own a feature phone and there are tape decks and turntables available.
Time for the long lasting, open source, easier to repair but a little bit uncomfortable alternatives. Before it will be the only alternative.