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I'm the opposite. I used to build computers. I've beat a bunch of cool video games over the last 40 years. I've used Windows for 30 years, Word for 25 years, Excel for 20 years. I started my smartphone journey in 2010 with Android (iPhone wasn't available where I lived for years after) and I did custom firmware, root, Xposed, all that shit.

I'm a Mac user at home and an iPhone user now, and I have a pretty basic job. My coworkers ask me why I don't work in IT. I say I don't want to hate computers. I keep it a hobby. I'm still a gamer. I'm good with Windows but I'm tired of Microsoft's shit. Apple does a couple things that annoys me. I know I could put Linux on my M-series Macs if I really wanted to. So far, I don't. If my Intel PCs didn't die, they'd be running Linux now. I didn't buy Macs just for the hell of it. I never wanna use another kind of laptop (though I suppose that could change), but for a desktop... I still like my Mac desktop, but I also wanna repurpose an old Dell workstation as a Linux server? But also I feel like my most tinkering days were behind me and I'd probably get hacked trying to do something clever.

I guess the tl;dr is, I got old, I got lazy, and I chose easy. We do get some cool tricks. So OP was kind of on this meme posting spree? I copied the links on my MacBook, pasted them into Safari on my iPhone (universal copy/paste is so useful!) and then sent the memes to my wife. Typing it all out I realise I have Telegram on my MacBook as well, but now I have the memes in my meme folder on my iPhone, so win/win?

[–] jaschen306@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I'm in IT and have a home assistant and pfsense. I run my own photo cloud server and even my own server for jabber/messaging my family.

Internet connected systems are ok as long as you're protected.

[–] Iheartcheese@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

What do you use for photos? Is it Linux or windows?

[–] SadSadSatellite@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Spot on. Zero smart features in this house.

I don't even use the moisture sensing settings on my dryer. Fuck you machine, you don't get to decide when my pants are dry enough. You will run for 56 minutes and you'll shut the fuck up about it.

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago

It would probably be a short series but I wonder how a cartoon strip about a low-esteem appliance would carry.

[–] Shadow@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I know this trope is popular but it's hardly true. I work in tech and have a fully wired / smart home, as do several others I know.

That being said, we are picky about which smart components we use.

[–] femtek@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 hours ago

Yeah, I have iot devices that are on their own wifi. Lover the automation for the thermostat. I am degoogling, last one is my phone, going to try out graphanie. Doorbell is poe, next is a door lock.

[–] GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Programmer here. Can confirm.

I hate technology. I just love writing code.