I remember some years ago, per-pandemic, when my coworkers and friends were getting hyped up about this stuff. I was the Luddite who they mocked for not being excited about it.

But I knew it was just more data gathering (spying) tech, and I knew the products would be made with planned obsolescence in mind, and I knew they would require subscriptions for cloud services. I doesn’t take any super power or precognition to know these things, it just requires paying a modicum of attention to trends and past performance from these corporations.

It’s discouraging how many otherwise smart people I know who are absolute suckers for tech bro marketing.

Don’t have FOMO (fear of missing out), cultivate FOBAD (fear of being a dumbass).