I’ve definitely turned into the paranoid nutcase within my friend group in recent years, I hate that everything is “smart” nowadays requiring an app/internet connection & account, just to do basic things that didn’t require any of that before.
What’s some things currently making you ramble like an old man?
Modern smart TVs don’t have a stick that you plug in, they have that stick built in. Of course you can still hook up anything you want to the HDMI input, but my worry is that manufacturers will start locking that behind some garbage online requirement