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by csdvrx 914 days ago
> I want to live in the 90s.

Gross

I don't like the values I see in the 1990s TV shows.

However I love the tech, like CDs:

> CD audio is a little bit nicer tech. They

I love CDs! I even got a CD player in my car!

After trying them, I've found I really don't like vinyles or mechanical keyboards so maybe it's not just every 1990s tech I like, just some of it
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wannacboatmovie 914 days ago
> I don't like the values I see in the 1990s TV shows.

You think the world is better off now that we've traded Family Matters and Step by Step for the likes of Euphoria?

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red-iron-pine 913 days ago
they're all basic tier slop and pablum aimed at the broadest possible audience based on market testing.
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tonyedgecombe 914 days ago
The thing I remember most about the tech is how unreliable it was. Windows 3.1 through to me were terrible compared to what we have now. Also we had to pay for tools like compilers.
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Syonyk 914 days ago
Yeah, but on the flip side, you bought software and then used it. You didn't have a subscription to use XYZ on the following terms for the following time periods, unless otherwise changed.

And it was about software, not "behavioral surplus data collection pretending to be useful to you."

You win some, you lose some. But I'd take that era back in a moment.

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qup 914 days ago
There's gotta be more one-time-purchase software for sale now than there was in the 1990s.

I agree it was mostly better software, at least in terms of respecting users.

I bought my first Linux distro (Mandrake). It was worth it to avoid the huge download on 56k, and the hassle of writing a CD. Plus Mandrake played pretty well written my system thanks to the '3dfx' drivers.

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