![]() ![]() I'm pondering a cancellation of Netflix, as most of its original shows (apart from Stranger Things and A Series of Unfortunate Events, which is terrific when watched with kids) have left me cold. I've already reduced my podcast subscriptions to a couple that I actually make my way through, and I tossed some great ones that tend only to taunt me with their "unheard episode" counts. And I spend enough time in front of screens without extra help! AdvertisementĢ020 is the year I cut back. ![]() Even when they don't, content queues encourage me to spend ever more time in front of a screen, to the detriment of all the non-screen-based activities that make up life's rich pageant. So too many subscriptions can feel less like freedom and more like. There's no possible way I can watch, listen to, or play so much content-not even the best of it. You may well be a better human than I am, someone who frolics freely within the world of unlimited content, but I find that the more watchlists, playlists, and podcasts I have, the more stressed I become. For this same reason, I have my eye on Apple Arcade but have yet to pull the trigger, thanks to my next resolution. Pay what something's worth and align your interests with those of the developer. I've had good luck directing the kids to high-quality, pay-once games like Alto's Odyssey, and the overall result has been a gentler, friendlier, quieter gaming experience. It has taken a while to root out the last remnants of these apps from my iPad's library-my kids love a couple of them-but the end is in view. Neither are in-app ads, which have become increasingly invasive. Having an app incentivized against you-often the case with microtransaction-driven games, in particular-is no fun. Stop downloading apps with ads or microtransactions. Here's what I'm focused on this year leave your own resolutions in the comments section. I like to think of the list below as my attempt to make tech work for me rather than against me-to provide freedom, information, and entertainment without making life into a "content consumption" quest. Yes, many of the items are pitched as negatives, but that's because we've awakened as a society to some of the ways that digital technology may inhibit rather than enhance life. I take as much advantage of that right as I possibly can.īut I don't think that my 2020 list of tech resolutions, which I've been formulating over the last three weeks, is actually as curmudgeonly as it might seem on first glance. #Resolute the last horizon cd licenseNow that I'm in my 40s, I am officially Old™, which gives me license to be curmudgeonly. ![]()
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