I was thinking today how cool it would be to live in a community that restricted technology to things no later than 2010.
I’m not sure exactly why but I can’t think of anything after then that properly enriches my life.
If you could pick a date and create a real community around it, when would you choose?
I get how you feel, but personally I don’t really have that for all of tech. I’d say if apps could be in a state just before enshittification comes in, that would be my date per app.
But I think even in modern day, open source is bigger and more powerful than ever, Linux is actually viable for some non techies (Steam Deck), and I’m genuinely happy to be in the present in that respect. If you manage to avoid using all the proprietary crapware these days, it’s never been a better time to embrace open source software.
Of course, environmentally and politically things are absolutely horrid, but I think that’s a topic out of your question’s scope.