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I do really prefer the tactile (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 5 days ago by Marat@lemmygrad.ml to c/comradeship@lemmygrad.ml

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To preface, this is a personal thing. I'm not going to deny the material benefits of digital programs and such. It's definitely a boon for most of humanity, and especially once the socialist transition occurs it will be another tool to improve the loves of all people.

But I really, really do prefer physical tactile things. Its like, it's amazing how China has everything through wechat nowadays, but I would be the [figurative] grouchy old man still paying for my stuff via cash/check. Hell, I would do that where I live if it wasn't for so many things [i.e, book stores] being online or just being more inconvenient to carry cash on the off chance i can use it, compared to just using card.

I also prefer cds to digital media. Obviously I appreciate being able to download songs and such off the internet, but I would rather burn something on a cd and throw it in my cd player rather than play it directly from my phone or something. Same with movies and video games.

Books too. For some reason i have such a hard time with ebooks, but physical books are just lovely for me. Especially when you can thrift them and you can feel the age on every page. Like my collection of Han Suyin's books. There's age and annotations and yeah some parts are falling apart but hearing it bristle as I turn every page is music to my ears.

Like I said, I don't want to force this on everyone else, i just wish the world didn't move on from the analog and tactile so fast [from my perspective at least, as someone who didn't live through the 70s-90s, which obviously made use of a lot of cassettes, ads, etc.]

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[–] SevenSkalls@hexbear.net 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Saaaame! So same. It makes me feel old to say it, but I'm glad someone else is saying so, too.

I prefer cash to cards, and cards to stuff like PayPal or WeChat, stuff like that (although I love Venmo/Cash App/Zelle/etc for just giving someone else money when splitting a check).

I like vinyl and CDs compared to ipods, and like ipods more than let's say Spotify.

I like books more than E-books, and those more than normal pdf's or whatever. But if I do have to read a pdf, I prefer it on something book-like, such as a tablet.

I still use wired headphones more than half the time.

I love the tactile. And don't get me started on physical car buttons vs screens.

[–] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

It's good to have both options because they each have their advantages. I think the perfect example is touchscreen vs physical buttons:

Obviously touchscreens are more versatile but there are a few major advantages to physical buttons, such as being able to operate a device that has physical buttons without looking at it just by feeling where the buttons are. Most people would have a very tough time typing on a touchscreen keyboard with their eyes closed, but you can learn to type blind on a physical keyboard fairly quickly.

Your example of screens used in cars is I think quite illustrative, because you can't really properly use a touchscreen without at least glancing at it, and that takes away your attention from the road - not very safe. If you have physical knobs, on the other hand, you can keep your eyes on the road 100% of the time and still operate the various other functions of your car.

The other things you mentioned also have advantages: using cash for instance makes it harder for you to be tracked and surveilled.

CDs and Vinyl last longer than solid state drive storage for music, if you are someone who wants to preserve a collection, let alone compared to just streaming music where it could just disappear overnight if the host decides to remove it.

Wired connections are less susceptible to interference or someone "listening in" than wireless ones.

And reading physical books is way easier on the eyes than reading on a screen (yes, e-ink is a thing, i know, but even then there is just something about being able to have a physical book in your hand that you can just open up at the page you want directly without scrolling through screens), plus they don't require charging.