Going Analog in 2026
For the longest time, I felt that companies are trying to scam their customers, cut costs, adding screens under the name of modernazation of the most obvious and trivial functionalties.
Take for example cars, most if not all companies ditched buttons for a big shiny screen, which is: A. More distracting than using your phone. B. a big cost saver for companies, buying one screen which retails for mere dollars in china is cheaper than designing the feel of buttons.
TVs are an another example, smart ones are not impressive anymore. Once they were out for the first time, they were new and expensive, but now all TVs are smart, even cheap ones.
That's why I decided to go somewhat analog for this year, ditching bluetooth for wired, smart for ones with a more thoughtful button placement and design, and finally I want to go back to owning my music catalog and not rely fully on spotify/youtube music.
I realize this is a more of a global movement by this point, but I just want more people to embrace this in oman.
So what do you think?