I always think I like the idea but then, once I think about it for like 12 seconds, I realise that it is, in fact, absolutely useless for most people because the internet is quite fucking useful and almost always necessary lol
It’s also a really specific use case. I can’t imagine it being that useful to its target audience: authors. Ultimately, it relies heavily upon the premise of the user’s lack of self-control and does so to their detriment.
It is something to fight against the constant distraction of modern tech. It's hard to write a novel when social media is just a click away, your friends are chatting in your group, you're getting news alerts from everywhere and you even might fall into a wikipedia hole while researching about mongol tribes. So there really is a use case for devices who are only able to do one thing.
(it's kind of the same with phones: Get a dedicated camera and go on a walk and you won't be distracted be someone whatsapping you)
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lmuel@sopuli.xyz · 27 pts · 1y
I always think I like the idea but then, once I think about it for like 12 seconds, I realise that it is, in fact, absolutely useless for most people because the internet is quite fucking useful and almost always necessary lol
Lantern@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
It’s also a really specific use case. I can’t imagine it being that useful to its target audience: authors. Ultimately, it relies heavily upon the premise of the user’s lack of self-control and does so to their detriment.
unphazed@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
And even authors go online consistently to research. Wanna copy paste notes about Mongol tribes to base your Alethi culture around? Nope.
Obelix@feddit.org · 1 pts · 1y
It is something to fight against the constant distraction of modern tech. It's hard to write a novel when social media is just a click away, your friends are chatting in your group, you're getting news alerts from everywhere and you even might fall into a wikipedia hole while researching about mongol tribes. So there really is a use case for devices who are only able to do one thing.
(it's kind of the same with phones: Get a dedicated camera and go on a walk and you won't be distracted be someone whatsapping you)
oshu@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 1y
I can barely read the site. Light gray text on a bright white background is fucked up for people with even slight vision degradation.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 1y
No autosaving?
ely@mastodon.green · 18 pts · 1y
@Brkdncr
Yeah thats weird. You should be focussing on the story, not thinking about Ctrl-s.
Paper and typewriters are auto-auto-save.
@Obelix
Static_Rocket@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
I'll keep saying it, this is called a Word Processor. They were cool when they were simple microcontrollers and LCD displays, not so much now.
sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 1y
Not Vim? WTF?