Stefan Judisstefan
Apr 4, 2026, 7:26 AMThis is absolutely beautiful and very well done.
> Nothing you own is finished. Everything exists in a state of permanent incompletion, permanently needing.
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Ms Ngocausticmsngo@mastodon.socialApr 5, 2026, 5:48 PM@stefan I had a watch like that as a teenager. It was fine, but it wasn’t wonderful. If they could have done what a modern watch does back then, they would have. I don’t know why you guys romanticize this stuff.
Blobsterblobster@infosec.exchangeApr 5, 2026, 6:34 PM@causticmsngo @stefan These watches just work and last very very long. Mine is from 2010 or so—a simple model, nothing expensive. The wrist brace has long been broken but I keep the watch in a pocket and it still works like the first day. Good Japanese electronic device.
MadMike77MadMike77@chaos.socialApr 6, 2026, 10:03 AM@blobster @causticmsngo @stefan I've replaced my wrist brace twice since I bought it. I bought the brace from ali-express because the price of a locally bought brace would have been 75% of a new Casio F-91W.
John Breenjab01701mid@mastodon.socialApr 5, 2026, 9:55 PM@stefan There's also a finance/MBA explanation that deserves blame for the "lack of silence" of our modern device infrastructure.
You can't go into a bank, or VC pitch, or IPO roadshow, with the idea that you are going to sell 10's-of-millions of $35 devices with no "ongoing recurring revenue", some "service" that means you get paid every month, can monetize the "relationship" in various ways.
It's not going to happen.
That's what sucks most.
Cacajao calvus ucayaliiRedFacedUakari@mastodon.socialApr 6, 2026, 2:53 AM@stefan There's a forcing function for products that don't come with relationships: they're easy to break up with. If a seller then wants to maintain a relationship, the onus is more on them, and they're encouraged to align to your interests. Relationships in late-stage capitalism enshittify.
- Cees de Grootcdegroot@mstdn.caApr 6, 2026, 4:03 PM
RE: https://front-end.social/@stefan/116345248295405561
Exactly why my watches tell time. ok, I have one also tells temperature and compass direction. And why my favorite watch is my 1915 one: it just ticks and tells me the time, all in exchange for a wind every other day :-)
Apr 7, 2026, 7:39 AM@stefan It is a choice. You can still get a Casio F-91 today. (1/3)
- Apr 7, 2026, 7:39 AM
I don't wear a smartwatch because I love watches. Different watches. A smartwatch is jealous; it gives you its full love only if you wear it all the time, all day and night (for sleep tracking). Not only do I get pimples on my wrist when the skin doesn't get air during the night, but also I don't want that during the day. I want to wear the watch that fits my current mood, or the one that I just like most at that moment, or the right watch for an occasion. (2/3)
@stefan - Apr 7, 2026, 7:39 AM
And honestly, compared to a real, nice watch, a smartwatch looks shite. (As does the F-91.)
Anyway, we have that choice. Either you want an attention-grabbing do-it-all device on your wrist, or you don't. If you don’t, there are better-looking choices available than the F-91, and ones that don't require you to correct the time, or exchange a battery. (3/3)
@stefan 
🪨Varpie@peculiar.floristApr 7, 2026, 11:05 AM@stefan Great read, terrible UI. Gosh I hate text appearing as I scroll... I wish the plain text version still had the images though.
McWabbit 🇺🇦🍋🌻🍉McWabbit@tenforward.socialApr 7, 2026, 7:55 PM@stefan The wrist band has deteriorated, and its replacement cost more than the watch itself.
It now functions as a bathroom shelf clock, still working on its original battery 15 years on.