Vintage audio equipment. It’s purpose built without gimmicky features, high quality, high performance, and built to last with discrete components and service manuals. Really it doesn’t have to be vintage, but it’s usually the old stuff that prioritizes these traits. I usually play local files (mp3/flac) over a bluetooth DAC but vinyl is fun once in a while. The same living room system gets used for movies and whatever else too.

2000 Corolla. Doesn’t connect to anything except the radio. Stopped using the clicker to lock/unlock the doors when the battery in it died ~6 yrs ago. I was giving a ride to my kid and some of her friends, all around 10 y.o., and the friends were deeply confused when the doors stayed locked until I stuck an actual key in one of them. “Why doesn’t your car beep?”

Old ass pre-connected car.

this is me and i think now that i’m going to keep this thing until i die. lol

Admittedly a lot of my audio stuff is either wireless or built-in now. Either laptop speakers, or bone conduction headphones since I want to hear what’s happening around me when I’m walking on the roadside. Not clear on what you mean by pre-enshittification tech, but here’s the stuff people either need explained, or look at me weird for:

• Gentoo linux
• FreeBSD
• Thinkpad T430
• GrapheneOS (this one’s weird to me because it feels almost exactly like stock android?)
• A lot of my games are from itch.io for the same reason you listed for GOG, though I do use steam a lot too.
• My files are synced through syncthing between 4 locations, depending on what’s getting synced
• The fediverse in general
• Having my own website? This one confuses me because you’d think that’d be a bit more normal because of the SquareSpace ads, but nope. The idea of just… having your own website is weird to people
• The Linux terminal. I occasionally go to the library and write books in a TTY, it’s a little funny seeing people react.
• Emacs
• Pick any terminal application. Ranger, w3m, cmus, cava, etc etc.
• I occasionally play MUDs/MUSHes
• Browser games that are text/image based. The ones I’m playing now are all 20+ years old, so well pre-enshittification.
• Honestly I’ve had people think it’s weird that I download my music to play locally, even though it’s through a phone app with a relatively modern interface.

We’ll be moving into an owned home soon, and I have some plans for tech, and non-tech stuff. Can’t wait to see how many comments we get about having awnings in 2026.

I use more post-enshittification tech. I’ve replaced most of the apps on my phone with open source versions.

I’ve never used proprietary software on my Linux computers so there’s no enshittification there. But I have stopped using my enshittified android TV in favor of Kodi on Linux.

i like e-books on an e-reader. i wouldn’t consider them enshittification, can read them offline and even get some drm free books

anyway my boomer and luddite habits and devices:

an e-book reader that’s always offline, with drm free books
gog games just like you (just hoarded plenty of older games yesterday from the sale hehe)
lemmy and mastodon instead of modern social media with addicting algorithms, invasive tracking and ads
a retro emulator handheld (anbernic rgsp) to play gameboy, gameboy classic and gameboy advance games offline. aux earbuds with it ofc if i use it in public
no ai usage
i use qwant instead of google cus it’s a lot closer to an old school search engine
youtube without algorithms (pipepipe, freetube) just like the way it used to be
pay with cash instead of card or google pay etc nonsense
no loyalty cards or loyalty apps even if i lose money monthly from groceries and such
avoid apps and usage of the smartphone in “smart ways” whenever possible
don’t play any games with a rootkit anticheat
no modern car, i use public transportation. i pay for my ticket without an app whenever possible
no consumption of short form content

If computers count then a phone with GrapheneOS and a laptop and a PC with a custom NixOS config.

Nothing but everything I do run people still think I’m weird. Self hosted music, vacuum running valetudo speakers connected music assistant and home assistant.

Reticulum.

• lynx
• vim
• pen & paper for my notes/scratch pad
• a book (made of paper)
• wired everything
• old washing and drying machines (40 years old+ and still kicking!)

Oldschool offline mp3 player rather than Spottify or other streaming or phone app, to use when running.

Btw, does Youtube (webäpp) switch to their audio-only channels, if they detect focus loss?

Because that’s how people use it anxyway – playing the full video of a song/podcast they only listen to. And Youtube has always at least one audio-only channel

Wired headphones.

Component hifi with floorstanding speakers.

Older car with cable-driven throttle and clutch.

Rotary-dial landline phone (not even kidding)

Vinyl records.

Home theatre PC.

Component desktop tower PC.

Basic Casio digital watch.

Wired earphones

Cash

Wired speakers. But connected to wiim because I like music discovery. Not that shit though.

The car is a 2014. Not internet connected but still has a black box.

I’ve been playing local mp3 for decades. Along came streaming but I didn’t see a reason to switch.

My laptop is a 2017 T-470 Thinkpad running Fedora44. Old machine, new software.

I use Syncthing and external hard drives instead of cloud storage.

I don’t own a TV.

Not a single smart appliance in the house.