Technology that you avoid

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Smart Meters
Solar Panels
Facebook
Twitter
Banking apps on mobile devices

But, I have a "keyless" car that works impeccably, and a Smart TV, ditto. I do apply manual locking to the car if I leave it for a long period, though (just a precaution).

I'm interested in Home Automation generally, but the only thing I presently have is a home-made intelligent timer switch that has a calendar of sunset times for switching on a lamp at the correct time. (That works well, too). I have some bits & pieces to do more, but just haven't got around to it.

I suppose the thing is that I don't believe in technology simply for its own sake, or because it's "cool". It has to address a genuine need and it has to do it without introducing additional problems or being hard to use.

I avoid electricity, the internal combustion engine, and the Internet.

Don't trust these new fangled inventions.

Cornucopia wrote: »

I don't believe in technology simply for its own sake, or because it's "cool". It has to address a genuine need and it has to do it without introducing additional problems or being hard to use.

This, in a nutshell....

It's long been a bugbear of mine that tech has a major tendency to be over-used by the general populous at the behest of the companies that want to profit from it, with the added bonus (for the companies) that when this tech breaks down, it costs an arm and a leg to fix it - cars being the typical example of this.

In most cases, this over-use leads to the "dumbing-down" of many many aspects of life, and then we wonder why the general standard of intelligence seems to be rapidly diminishing....

...and I'm a techie!!

rant over.....

I usually buy Tech as it comes, mainly useful stuff. I quite like browsing Kickstarter and have benefited from some early release tech.
If people didn't do this, then you probably wouldn't have some of the more innovative stuff and wouldn't have the opportunity to wait for it to 'mature'.
I must admit that sometimes it's a pure want as opposed to a need.:o
I have automation in the home (lights, TV, heating).
My car is full of tech and surprisingly, I've used it all.
My TV has all the latest features and standards.
I use contactless payments via a ring or my phone.
All my music is streamed on demand to wherever I want it. (Probably one of the best advancements yet). As are any Movies etc.
I have a flagship phone, which I got at a discount, and it will last me two years, by which time I'll have saved enough for another. It will then be passed on to younger relatives.
Not sure why you would necessarily avoid a phone without a headphone jack. I have one in mine but use Bluetooth earphones, so it's never used.
I would like to add that I only indulge in what I can afford and save into my 'Tech fund' on a regular basis..
It has backfired on occasions....I bought a Windows phone and still think it's the best phone OS. My Nokia is still hanging in there, with minimal support, as an emergency phone/sat nav...:D
As the thread is actually about what we avoid.....I don't have a smart meter, as it offers me no advantages and it's really bugging the supplier that I don't/won't have one.:)