Does anyone else wish we could have 80s or 90s technology and

yes
stupid big companies and shitty consumers

>>57721318
the reason the culture has gone to shit since then is because we have all those powerful, modern things. Computing power, network access, bandwidth, storage space, the reason why the masses invaded is because these things stopped being scarce.

>>57722379
This.

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>>57722832
>>57722379
>Really hated it sometimes, how involved computing could be
>was really looking forward to what the future might hold
>now I'm here I think stagnation might have been better

It's not about cost, it's about capability of the machines. It could be that you could get a microcomputer-like device for 30 bucks now, but normies would never go for that if all you got was a blinking curser.

>>57722379
>the reason the culture has gone to shit since then is all those powerful, moderb things.
No, you can thank Steve Jobs and the iPhone for that.

>>57723196
Steve Jobs and the iPhone were the result, not the cause. The cause was the ability to make a powerful computer that fits in your pocket.

>>57722990
well without a mass market to sell to and the huge economies of scale, no computing technology would sell for thirty bucks. The only reason it sells for $30 is because it'll sell millions of units since normies buy it.

90s OS for modern computers.

http://aros-exec.org/

or if windows is your flavour:
POSReady 2009.

>>57721318
I feel like the 80s and 90s were a much healthier and vibrant blend of technology and reality. Of course it might just be "muh nostalgia" but life felt more substantive then before the magic box.

TV was once the core of the culture and gave a common foundation to everyone, and that's still sort of true, but it's being replaced by social media in some ways and people are talking about inane nothing.

What will life be about when all people do is talk on Facebook? It feels like the real world is fading away. What will remain...