Tired of my tvs no longer updating to the latest software, tired of my phone no longer connecting to my car, tired of my few years old tech being considered legacy and no longer supported. Can anyone suggest non-android, non-apple, non-AI, non-connected, non-smart ‘dumb’ tech you’ve bought that makes a difference in your life? Should be hardy enough to last maybe 20 years (my even older plasma tv is still going on strong with a beautiful tv and forward firing speakers, while my newer Samsung lcd stopped receiving updates) and just do it’s job. I can live without mu ai enabled washer telling me how to wash my clothes.
Browser = excessively smart! And why would it run Android if you can’t other apps on it? My original flip phone only did voice calls. No SMS. That came later. I don’t remember if it even had speed dialing, but it’s still in a drawer someplace, so I might check. 2G phones had voice and SMS but no internet of any sort. No browser, for example. They were great. Some were as small as cigarette lighters. Maybe there are smart watches now that can make phone calls independently though.
I spent a while searching for a super-dumb phone for the sake of a guy I knew who got hopelessly confused by his Android phone, but it’s now no longer needed.