Gregory's Server
low tech stuff is great but I also look for "mid tech" when acquiring appliances:
- physical buttons (not touch or digital)
- absence of microchips and complex PCBs (e.g. magnet-based rice cooker)
- metal parts
- tech that is easy to understand, access and modify (e.g. simple dishwasher)
- parameters > preset menus (e.g. food drier has a "timer" knob and a "temperature" knob rather than buttons for "fruit", "mushrooms", "jerky" etc.)
- expendable components are standard and replaceable (e.g. batteries, light bulbs)
- absence of apps
- absence of Internet
- absence of "AI"
- no electricity > electricity (e.g. analog multimeter, thermometer, scale)
- plugged on > battery power
- wired > wireless
@elilla
I largely agree although with stuff like headphones I highly prefer wireless because I know I will forget I have the headphones on and destroy the cable with repeated abuse.
Also highly prefer digital multimeters, thermometer, scales.
Other than that, so much this, we don't need advanced tech shoved into everything