Similarly, places that expect you to be carrying a portable device with Internet access. I have encountered this in a couple instances:
1. A (in person) conference that did not have any printed schedules anywhere.
2. A (physical) shopping mall that didn't have any directories anywhere as far as I could tell.

(I don't remember if I've said this in this topic, but I think I mentioned this somewhere on this forum before.)

Yes, you did post that in this topic (I read the first couple of posts). Post 21 to be precise.

I think social media has just put all the bad elements on supercharge. Keyword limits have stunted interactivity and conversation range, hacking has become far worse now, and Orwellian data centers are gobbling up every single bit of info they can on ppls' lives, networks, and interests.

No, I saw it coming back in the Myspace days and even got rid of that around 2006 or so. Once Google grabbed up Youtube I deleted my account there as well. Only way to get in touch with me now is through cell or private email. Because of social media, my presence online has become limited basically to email and a few forums like this one. I don't necessarily see it as a bad thing.

People are putting their entire lives online now, for everyone to see. If it's true that knowledge is power, well people are putting way too much power into the hands of strangers, bosses, jilted ex lovers, and government snoop agencies.

Good points there, I comment on this:

I personally don't mind wireless keyboards and mice (I use them with my laptop), BUT in normal desktop use I do use wired keyboards and mice, especially when gaming.

One reason I "accept" wireless keyboards and mice is that they still use removable batteries, so they don't become obsolete just because their integrated battery eventually dies, nor they need to be recharged.

Which reminds me that earlier "wireless" (no power cord) used to mean that you do use removable batteries. I e.g. still have one portable CD player/speaker system (can handle mp3 too) which uses regular batteries. Also, the Sennheiser noise-cancelling earphones I bought many years ago are also using removable batteries (for noise cancelling).

I wonder why that has changed? Don't removable batteries offer as much power as integrated batteries, ie. the mobile devices have become so much more power hungry? I would have thought that CD player system did use quite a lot of power, considering it had speakers too. And, you can buy rechargeable removable batteries as well, in case you don't want to keep buying new batteries all the time.

Well. my wireless mouse uses one AA battery, and the keyboard three AA batteries, if I recall right. They last several months of occasional use, many many weeks of constant use as well. So i don't have to change the batteries that often.

That sad, being wireless like that doesn't really offer any benefit in desktop use, so there i still use wired mouse and keyboard. But if i e.g. connect my laptop to my big TV with HDMI and play the computer from the couch, yeah there a wireless mouse and keyboard are great (the laptop itself can lie on a table a couple of meters from me).

I should clarify. It's not the anonymity that I hate. It's people acting like jerks because of it. It's the same as people stealing lunches from an office break room. Just because no one knows its you and you probably won't get caught doesn't mean you should do terrible things. I'm ok with anonymity because it allows people to discuss things they otherwise might not be able to. I'm just not ok with people using anonymity to be a**hats.

I don't want to squash freedom. Not in the least. I just want people to not be a**hats. Unfortunately, there will always be people who are a**hats. And *that* is what I hate.

People wanting to act like jerks always found an outlet for it. You're saying that you hate having to find new ways to ignore them? Well, that's life - the world changes, people a lot less - I'm sure you're used to adapting...

I'm not worried about me. It's not about me ignoring them. I can adapt, and I do. Not every one can, though. It's a social cause. I worry about others. Older folks who get scammed. Younger kids who get bullied. Random folks who get raided/trolled/attacked en masse. It's life, sure, but so is cancer, and I hate that, too. I just hate people who take advantage of others and/or willfully act negatively to others. Unfortunately, anonymity of any kind brings out the worst in some people

tl;dr - Why can't we all just get along?
Another tech trend I hate: 2FA via SMS. 1) It requires giving a phone number, which you may not want to do. 2) It's not very secure. Still better than no 2FA at all, but 2FA via app is better: https://www.howtogeek.com/310418/why-you-shouldnt-use-sms-for-two-factor-authentication/

Agreed. Spying to maintain tabs(to sell people stuff, and to allow people/groups to fin d dirt to bury their enemies) is a good portion of "free" social media sites.

Heck, that one leak(the big wikileaks one) showed corps funnel alot of that data to centers nationwide to collect it for usage later(I don't recall how they use it, but it's probably not for any good use).
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And yeah, many seem to have overinflated egos as a result(though I consider the spying[understandably] a bit worse).

The keyword limit crap on Soc Media is also BS. Text uses very little disk space/bandwidth, so they could stand to increase char limits on some sites. It(and the instant gratification need of many people) leads to the stupid text lingo we have nowadays(simple stuff like abbreviations such as LOL/AMA/IRL is fine, as are emotes, imo).
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I keep a youtube for flagged content(which happens to even some political/ideological content, or videos on certain current issues) & an email for signing up to stuff(and a backup email to keep the primary one from crapping out/etc), but not much else(beyond signing up for GOG/Steam/some forums/etc. Anything more(for the most part) would just be feeding the data retention giants with ad revenue and info on my personal life, so scr*w that.

I have a Wii(classic) wireless sensor bar(I went and splurged for it on impulse) and it nburns through a set of 4 AA batteries every 10-12 hours. :\
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Yeah, wireless can have it's uses.

3. It can't be used by those who can't get SMS messages, like me.

For me, I dislike all the voice activated devices, like Siri and Alexa. There seems to be something built into them that just listens to what you are saying. I was going to my mom's house, and I metioned as much out loud, and Siri automatically had a popup for directions, to my mom's house. Thing was, I had never input her address into my phone.

I don't have a smartphone, either (or at least not a modern one; the one I hae, which is not connected to any service (so no internet access, except maybe through wi-fi) is so old it has a physical keyboard, which seems to be something you haven't been able to find on that sort of device for quite a while).

I sometimes wonder: Cortana, Alexa and Siri left alone - would they start to bicker? Or as one say "Ok Google. How to take over the world?"

This sums up social media nicely!

This too!