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I Sometimes Hate Technology

"You have a new memory" the smart aleck of an iphone announced.

No I don't. It has done this a couple of times and every time, I curse.

Memories are sweet when it is my own mind going down the lane of nostalgia. It is quite another being dragged there by a stupid iphone that thinks it has grown its own brain. I find it creepy and downright intrusive. Who gave it the bloody right to do this?

Ok. So I'm a dinosaur who still doesn't know what the heck the icloud is. I have had the misconception that the icloud would absolve the need for a physical backup but how wrong I was. I learnt it the hard way. A few years back, I deleted all my photos on my iphone thinking I could retrieve them from the miraculous cloud. To my horror, it could not be done. Until today, this nebulous icloud still clouds my mind and it brings with it a whole lot of negative feelings.

I'm just not good with tech stuff and I find myself cursing if I have to update my iOS or WTF those things are. I don't even understand why I have to keep updating them. Or why people keep changing their phones to the latest model. Don't they make phones to last at least twenty years any more? And if that phone just lasts two years, why the heck am I forking out so much for it? I feel that we've all been taken for a ride.

They might as well just take my brain. Sigh.

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Cierzo · M

They make phones to last for a couple of years. Then either you do not have enough memory for the updated apps, or battery does not work any more (some smart aleck cared to invent phones where you cannot take out the battery and replace it with a new one).

Sometimes I get a message with old pictures and a jolly message 'rediscover this day'. I always wonder why I am not able to choose which days I want to rediscover. I can do it on my own.

I feel we live in a kind of corporato-dictatorship, where companies like Google control our lives to a point we are not really aware of.

novembermoon · 51-55

@Cierzo yes. I feel like we're at the mercy of these tech giants. And I often why no one really bothers about it. People seem content to just consume products and content without thinking how dependent we really have become. It makes me really uncomfortable sometimes.

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon We accept it is the toll we have to pay for getting an immediate reply or result..

The problem is that our brains have got used to immediacy and do not accept other result. When we were younger to find some piece of information could take hours or days. It takes seconds now with Google. We sent a whasapp message to someone miles away, the answer takes seconds too, and any longer time is frustrating.

novembermoon · 51-55

@Cierzo True what you say.
I tried reading the Apple help page but it wasn't much help. I could not locate a helpline that I could call and the people at the shop I bought that phone from do not teach customers about the icloud thing. I feel very helpless. And I fear to think that if these gadgets come to the end of their lifespan, my photos and writings would go with it.

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon You can buy a external hard drive to store them, but again, you have to BUY it, corporations have us at spending money again.

Sometimes I wonder if the whole purpose of it all is to keep our minds busy with petty things to prevent us from thinking about those that really matter, and from realising that this 'marvellous' world we have created is far from marvellous.

novembermoon · 51-55

@Cierzo TBH, I feel stupid when it comes to these things. Just under 'Photos' I see 'Photo Stream' 'Collections' 'All Photos' which all contain the same...I have given up trying to understand the different folders (that were all NOT created by me) I think my time can be better spent doing other things but it's that nagging feeling that here is a creature that I don't truly comprehend and I use it all the time...

Cierzo · M

@novembermoon I have the same feeling. But we must understand that our time and mental energy are limited. We already need to spend much of them at work, as you said there are much better ways to spend the rest of it than learning the difference between some stupid folders.