• deweydecibel@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Why in the world are people paying for this? You can get displays like this for digital photos that don’t even require an internet connection, much less a subscription. Is this how far people have gone in their unwillingness to learn to use technology that isn’t some cloud/app based bullshit? Just put some pictures on an sd card and be done with it.

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      2 months ago

      Great suggestion, but then when I want to send new photos to Grandma I have to drive all the way across the country to pop in a new SD card because last time we tried letting her do it she jammed the card in backwards and broke the card and reader.

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      2 months ago

      My wife bought internet connected frames for family. We set the frames up on a visit and the pictures are delivered automatically to the non technical relatives as we upload new ones.

      That said, I’d never use an echo for this, that’s super invasive.

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        2 months ago

        I’m going to be honest. Outside of elderly relatives on the cognitive decline, the “inability” to transfer files to a SD card is nothing other than laziness. Any functioning person that’s capable of making themselves a PB&J sandwich is more than capable of it. They choose to all of a sudden be stupid the moment a computer enters the discussion. It’s a choice made purely out of laziness.