Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfunctional future'

Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by Moru on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:01AM (#19365974)

I'm a dinosaur, I only use winamp for music. It still works as I want it. I can change songs faster at any time I want to, no matter what I'm doing on the computer with global keys. No need to break away from my flow state.

I fully expect to be moded into oblivion for speaking anything except praise for the apple frenchise.

I'm also aware that some androids don't have what I want but I still have a choise what I buy. Most of my phones have replaceable batteries for example. And sd cards can prevent me from having to buy another phone when the 256 GB internal storage is full.

I'm old enough to remember "640 MB should be enough..."

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by grepballsoffire on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @03:20AM (#19366048)

I'm mainly a dinosaur for wanting audio jacks as i still use my old Sennheiser headphones that I bought in 2006, and still work perfectly. I did switch to Bluetooth headphones for a while but they fell apart after 12 months.

I feel like prices haven't moved in line with inflation, it's just planned obsolescence has moved further up the price range.

That said, I'm aware that I could buy a second hand iPhone with an audio jack if I really wanted.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by mattadams on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @09:27PM (#19374876)

There is something to be said about wired peripherals... their dependability, ease of use and lack of wasteful batteries that just end up in a landfill.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by wycy on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @08:59AM (#19367651)

> I fully expect to be moded into oblivion for speaking anything except praise for the apple frenchise.

No one speaks praise about iTunes.

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by welly on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @04:21AM (#19366267)

> 640 MB should be enough...

MB? I'm old enough to remember Bill say 640KB is enough!

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by icebraining on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:26AM (#19366770)

"I've said some stupid things and some wrong things, but not that. No one involved in computers would ever say that a certain amount of memory is enough for all time." -- Bill Gates

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Re:Tim Berners-Lee: 'Stop web's downward plunge to dysfuncti... by Moru on Tuesday March 12, 2019 @06:45AM (#19366866)

Rewriting history too.

No, it was never about what he did or did not say. It was that everyone thought it was true.

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