No iPhones
No Facebook
No social media
No "apps"
Cameras on phones didn't exist or were just silly
CDs still dominated - mp3 players had just come out and Apple didn't have a chokehold yet
Little adult supervision, in real life and on the internet Honestly it was kinda great ngl
my parents only had flip phones (and I remember the day they got them), I was always outside, the neighbors’ kids and I would talk through a fence when we were bored. Zero understanding of what the internet was and the only tv I watched was the electric company and schoolhouse rock.
Back to basics if you need a detox, strictly limited to calls and texts. Way more durable, easier to fit in your pocket. Much more aesthetically pleasing and cool than iphone or android. Should be at the forefront the same way vinyls are back on the menu.
shopping for an ipod classic has made me wonder why i want an ipod classic. it’s something that has one singular function (a function that my phone does pretty well) and i think it’s exactly because of that that i want one. of course, the argument of the nostalgia factor is there, but the simplicity of it all is attractive to me... i would like to focus on the music only and enjoy how tactile and nice the buttons and the build quality is on one of those things…
of course in terms of other tech the nostalgia is probably playing a bigger part in it, like using an old iphone for your instagram photos for the grain and lower quality… but i think getting the most life possible out of these things is a really fun and responsible thing to do and it should be more common.
