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'Smart' technology is out of control. We adore this dumb tech
The youngs who love flip phones and film cameras have a point about the downsides of brain-draining, complex gadgets.
David Imel, a technology journalist and producer for the MKBHD YouTube channel, had a smartwatch for years but started to resent the constant notifications “taking away from my life.” Chris Velazco, the resident gadget expert for The Washington Post’s Help Desk team, owns splashed-out, immersive video game machines but proclaimed “undying love” for a far-less-sophisticated Nintendo 3DS XL. Look, the hard truth is that a TV, dishwasher, car or headphone manufacturer is unlikely to make both a fantastic physical device and an amazing app or other software to connect it to the internet.
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