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I see stand alone cameras are becoming popular again and, people using e-readers. Do you think stores like radio shack atyled stores will come back? Or perhaps more thriifting for disconnected tech? People seem to want less algorithms.

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Oooooh! Backlash! I would like to see some articles about a tech backlash. I would be interested to know which tech and how the backlash is presenting itself. I think homemade zines are something of a tech backlash. They won't supplant tech, but neither will zine makers let tech supplant them!
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Jay Bryant

I'm not surprised people are trying to disconnect. Algorithm-driven social media is the worst thing the software industry ever invented. Add to that ever-increasing government and corporate surveillance, and it's no wonder people are looking to be free of it all.
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The other day we were out at a brew-pub getting our dose of good fish and chips... and we sat next to a guy who had what looked like a large 1960s reflex camera - and it was, but a modern 6x7 reflex camera - not digital, but a real film camera.

I mentioned that my wife loved her 6x6 Rollie - and the guy reached into his backpack and pulled one out!!!

A few months back I needed a passport photo - and there is still a shop here that does that kind of thing.... and I went in: It was filled with people, the shelves had all kinds of film, and they even had developing/stop/fixing chemicals.

I took a peek at the photo lab at our very good community college - and they had darkrooms and enlargers that I once would have dreamed of having access to.

B&W film and cameras are alive here in Santa Cruz!

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Joseph Teller

It's the backlash against the AI craze in the industry.

I've been using an e-reader of sorts for years... because of my eyesight issues (book publishers NEED to use bigger print if they want sales from the folks that read on paper! They are losing customers by not adapting.

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Still haven't arrived yet in the e-reader age. Platforms for obtaining material do exist beyond the GAFA controlled area, so that is a good precondition. Also it MUST read Markdown and epub files, or I'm not looking at it a second time.

Device wise, I know you can go cheap. However recently I have tested a remarkable tablet. Meant for taking notes and has a smartypants pen and .. haptics. Very nice. The crisp screen of the tablet 2 and the shiny new "Paper Pro" I found very appropriate for reading too.
That might be a starter for me.

Thrifting for disconnected tech, older Lenovo or even IBM thinkpads are in demand again, from the olden days before Intel ME became a thing. The strong engagement of 3rd party and suer communities signal they have and will keep a long device live and trade value.

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Old photos, I have found a box full of old photos from my parents, and their parents. Contains many film negatives in pockets, and a good amount of 6x6 among them. I do remember grandpa had and used one of those when I was little, but the device itself is not to be found. Anyway I wonder when I'll get to take proper time for reproducing some of these, in the meantime they may show up on my Pixelfed.

I know enthusiasts cherish middle format still today, but I've never handled a 6x6 camera myself. For me, when photography started at age 11 or so it was all 36x24mm film in 3:2 ratio, no 1:1. Different rules apply.

Here's Grandma in her own store, selling things as you did mid-1950s era.

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#throwbackthursday with Grandma in her store, the year is ca. 1952. She was not in her thirties yet and ran the grocery store with Grandpa in #Flensburg.

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Cass

Fred's nephew is very low tech and I agree @Joseph Teller it's part of a response to AI. Kids are growing up with all this and it doesn't impress them, it's more like a tool.

Those remarkable tablets are expensive @Carsten Raddatz and not something I would have use for. My Palma2 seems to be the ereader I was looking for.

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