Hmm, not sure about that. Waiting for my TV to boot or update or connecting to Wi-Fi or my m music streaming app to ‘think’ for two minutes until it works at all is tedious. Don’t get me wrong - it’s still net positive.
But I would instantly choose any option that offers less features if it would give me back this cosy feeling, that I’m the customer and not the product.
Don’t want to go into details here but it feels at certain edges that some of these integrated functionalities have simply not been tested for an actual user, but simply to offer … more.
I think the problem we’re facing now is that we’ve basically hit on as good as its going to get for a while.
Previously things had to improve upon what came before, but with phones being as versatile and all-encompassing as they are, there isnt really much room for improvement until the next big leap, whatever that will look like. Companies still want to make more money though, and they will do whatever it takes to get it.
We’re no longer customers as we used to be, we’re targets. We’re being analysed at ridiculous levels of scrutiny so they can turn the dials in just the right way to trick us into parting with just a little more money.
I mean, you know, alwayshasbeen.jpg and whatever, but the feeling is gone.
I only use streaming services to discover new music. General listening to music I like, is through local files. Those are always plug and play. No need to wait. Just listen to whatever you want.
Tv shows or movies are also downloaded and streamed from Jellyfin, a local media server on my pc. Local just works. And I’m the owner of my files.
We bought a TV last year, never connected it to any services and it works just fine. Some things require some care to not become tedious, but… They always used to as well!
Hmm, not sure about that. Waiting for my TV to boot or update or connecting to Wi-Fi or my m music streaming app to ‘think’ for two minutes until it works at all is tedious. Don’t get me wrong - it’s still net positive. But I would instantly choose any option that offers less features if it would give me back this cosy feeling, that I’m the customer and not the product. Don’t want to go into details here but it feels at certain edges that some of these integrated functionalities have simply not been tested for an actual user, but simply to offer … more.
Writing that, it also could just be age bias. :-p
I think the problem we’re facing now is that we’ve basically hit on as good as its going to get for a while.
Previously things had to improve upon what came before, but with phones being as versatile and all-encompassing as they are, there isnt really much room for improvement until the next big leap, whatever that will look like. Companies still want to make more money though, and they will do whatever it takes to get it.
We’re no longer customers as we used to be, we’re targets. We’re being analysed at ridiculous levels of scrutiny so they can turn the dials in just the right way to trick us into parting with just a little more money.
I mean, you know, alwayshasbeen.jpg and whatever, but the feeling is gone.
I only use streaming services to discover new music. General listening to music I like, is through local files. Those are always plug and play. No need to wait. Just listen to whatever you want.
Tv shows or movies are also downloaded and streamed from Jellyfin, a local media server on my pc. Local just works. And I’m the owner of my files.
My situation is very similar, I stream, but also have a vast collection of local media.
We bought a TV last year, never connected it to any services and it works just fine. Some things require some care to not become tedious, but… They always used to as well!
Dump Spotify and embrace yt-dlp