• Cold_Brew_Enema@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    How to sound like a boomer without saying you’re a boomer.

    “It’s just more stuff to break! I don’t need none of that wifi or internets and touch screens or whathaveya”

    • SadSadSatellite @lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      5 months ago

      Not wanting unnecessary “features“ that are just thinly veiled spyware that overcomplicate every aspect of driving is not a boomer opinion. Wanting buttons you can feel without looking for instead of a giant screen that has automatic updates and needs to have access to your cellphone for basic functionality is not a boomer opinion.

      Knowing that tacking voice activation onto every ‘smart’ device, including vehicles, is just an excuse for companies to record everything you say for their shitty marketing isn’t a boomer opinion.

      In my experience doing tech work, boomers love that shit and fall for all of it, and it all fucks up in some way much more quickly than should be allowed.

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      I guess you didn’t see the recent article that studied all the information manufacturers collect on you in these new generation of vehicles. Some notable ones are Nissan and Kia collecting information on your sexual activity and six companies collecting your genetic information all for what? So you can control Spotify from your infotainment screen?

      https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/privacynotincluded/articles/its-official-cars-are-the-worst-product-category-we-have-ever-reviewed-for-privacy/

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      5 months ago

      I’m not OP, but if wanting cars that have physical buttons and cars that don’t charge me subscription fees makes me a boomer, then I guess I’m a boomer.

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      What a strange take. In fact most highly technical people tend to want simple unless they have enough money to treat things like cars as toys.

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      5 months ago

      Ya if you don’t like pissing your money away that makes you a boomer!

      Sick take chief.