How I'll use computers after retirement
I've said it on tumblr in a half-joking kind of way, but I need to seriously consider:
When I retire, will I stop using computers?
I still have ideas (but not time) for Quilt Draw, and maybe not having to work would solve the time problem.
But outside of that, computers are practically useless. The commercial ones keep dropping support for hardware that works, and the free ones keep rototilling their software constantly. In the latest rewrite, they want me to use Wayland, without finishing the necessary accessibility support. (I filed a kwin bug, but so far, no real progress.)
Websites aren't much better. Search has been diluted to the point where fake search is competitive. Many sites make my phone hot, and especially bad sites like Tractor Supply manage to crash (even on desktop) because they are loaded with so much garbage.
Which means:
When I retire, will I stop using computers?
What does it mean to cut something so fundamental to my experience out of my life? I might as well ask, "will I stop living in a house?"
What does it mean to leave the internet? This place is the electric cyberfuture where I found love. This is the place with the Fakebooc where they're putting all the business information now.
If "computers" includes a smartphone, what would I do in a world that expects everyone to "download the app" for the full experience? To scan the QR code to continue?
The answer, for all that:
Probably, yes.
I would like to work more on Quilt Draw. Outside of that, there are more creative things I would love to do, and computers are part of that. Whether it's music or visual art, I still want to make things and put them online.