Comment on Apple Watch Shipments’ Continuous Decline

dwazou@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• thejml@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Ironically, owning a smart watch is what helps me keep focused. I can put my phone down and not be tempted to look at things on it. The watch will alert me if I get a call and only certain notifications go to it while my phone stays parked somewhere else in the house.

  Honestly, I’ve been tempted to get an LTE one and stop owning a smart phone… the only thing holding me back is my job requiring one.

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  • thesohoriots@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Same here. Phone stays in my pockets and I can do all my timers, alarms, calculator, and reminders to leave for appointments. Especially useful while cooking.

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  • Mbourgon@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I was honestly hoping that’s where phones would go - watch for calls and standard phone stuff, tablet for anything big. Now I think there’s a place for glasses instead, and def for all the various things we do when standing around bored

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  • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Or you could set this up on your phone. It sounds sort of nonsensical to say you need to focus and not be distracted by your phone while also finding a way to keep yourself distracted by your phone. Maybe try being without any of it and learn to exist apart from it instead of finding increasingly smaller devices to keep you connected at all times.

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    • thejml@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      That would be awesome, and I regularly do so on vacations, but let’s be real here: I like having a job so I can have a house and food and pay for goods and services when necessary. Being constantly connected is a basic requirement and responsibility for employment, so I’m going to choose the connection with the least impact on my daily life.

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• funkajunk@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Sick Fight Club reference, bro

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• oxysis@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  As much as I dislike Windows and smartphones the current nature of the world is that that are all necessities for most people.

  Windows just has so many programs built up with it over the years and it’s really hard to convince people to jump to Linux and deal with all the compatibility problems. Things are getting better, but right now it’s like real time raytracing with how it’s perpetually 4-5 years away from being realistic.

  Smartphones are an absolute necessity for the vast majority of people. If you don’t have a laptop or some other computer your phone is likely the only way you are able to apply for jobs nowadays. It’s also the easiest way to access your banking services with plenty of banks offering online banking now. Let alone social media and how important that has become in everyday life. Sure dumb phones can handle calling, texting and voicemail but for most people that isn’t enough anymore.

  Our mental health and the demands of the modern world are at odds. I doubt we can or will ever go back to simpler technology because of the way things are in the world.

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  • dwazou@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    As much as I dislike Windows and smartphones the current nature of the world is that that are all necessities for most people.

    I used to believe this, until I actually installed Linux. I was told Linux is hell, incredibly difficult to use.

    Turns out this is entirely false.

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    • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      You’re speaking my language.

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  • JiveTurkey@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I used to think this about Linux but it’s just not the case for the vast majority of software now. The switch is a lot less painful than you’re making it out to be. As far as the modern world goes, it demands this bs because we let it and things still got done without the smartphone.

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