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hunter

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37. What's an app?

Fri May 1, 2026, 05:01 PM

May 1

The way I use computers hasn't changed much in the past 25 years, hell, maybe not since the creation of the World Wide Web back when one surfed it using Lynx or Mosaic, which were not called apps.

Other than DU posts I write everything in markdown using whatever text editor is handy. I can do that on anything from my Atari eight bit to the latest Microsoft or Apple monstrosity.

My little flip phone is pretty much the same as my first cell phone except it has a camera and a micro SD card to store the photos on. Supposedly I can store music on the SD card too but I don't. Mostly I use it as a telephone.

I guess that makes me some kind of Luddite.

Two innovations I actually enjoy about the modern digital world are no-advertising streaming television and ebooks. Those are independent of my computer or cell phone. I prefer paper books but my wife and I already have enough of those to stock a Carnegie library.

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Am I now the old guy . . . [View all] AverageOldGuy May 1 OP

Exactly. Irish_Dem May 1 #1

Ha, ha! PatSeg May 1 #9

Excedrin headache #5 BidenRocks May 1 #28

Excedrin! PatSeg May 1 #34

Yep definitely a love hate relationship with the electronic devices. Irish_Dem May 1 #38

I swear, they are really trying to take over! PatSeg May 1 #39

I wonder if someday the robots and machines will take over. Irish_Dem May 1 #40

Science fiction has predicted such a takeover PatSeg Saturday #42

No, you're not -misanthroptimist May 1 #2

I yell and want to throw all my Faux pas May 1 #3

Y'know, before Co-Pilot got involved, auto-fill was just an annoyance. haele May 1 #15

Your problems with copilot Faux pas Saturday #41

It's called decluttering. I'm deleting apps, changing email, unsubscribing, blocking. The simpler, the better. AnotherMother4Peace May 1 #4

I'm an old guy and I like all those things. SidneyR May 1 #5

I draw the line at connecting my coffee pot to the internet surfered May 1 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave May 1 #8

It already is - you just haven't realized it yet. generalbetrayus May 1 #27

They went too far! I didn't mind spell check Phentex May 1 #7

I agree, Phentex. Diamond_Dog May 1 #32

I'd frame it differently: You are resisting corporate control. CBHagman May 1 #10

I am required to use copilot at work debsy May 1 #11

Last week I turned off the iPad password suggestions malaise May 1 #12

Why think when others can do the thinking for you? twodogsbarking May 1 #13

You are just an old curmudgeon, like me, who simply wants to remain in control of as much of your life as possible. flashman13 May 1 #14

I tried jfz9580m May 1 #21

you should at least try (hey, it's free)... ret5hd May 1 #31

I hate my word prompt BeneteauBum May 1 #16

When we were kids growing up in the 50s, 60s or whenever, 3825-87867 May 1 #17

LOL - I know. It drives me nuts sometimes. I'm scared to death my car will crap out and I'll have to get a Vinca May 1 #18

My sister got a new car a couple years back NewLarry May 1 #23

Yeah, and I am tired of my truck telling me what to do, too... Escape May 1 #19

Tell me about it AverageOldGuy May 1 #22

Thanks... Escape May 1 #25

Sounds like it's not really a truck you're driving. calimary May 1 #36

No. You're smart to avoid using generative AI. All those "helpful" features are designed to leave you highplainsdem May 1 #20

Ed Zitron is pretty much the opposite jfz9580m May 1 #24

I'm with you AOG. Buddyzbuddy May 1 #26

I feel this way about The Cloud on my iPhone. generalbetrayus May 1 #29

I heard the finder of auto correct dyed a few days ago...... lastlib May 1 #30

There's one thing that Copilot is pretty good at: software development William Seger May 1 #33

Please, tell me how to do that.... Sogo May 1 #35

What's an app? hunter May 1 #37

Yes Polybius Saturday #43