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this is a great post, as I read it and saw it yes the physical cords may be gone, thus no physical entanglements but the only entanglements I see now with all the "cordless" craze is that it has allowed many nefarious things to happen. In the guise of "bluetooth" we have telemetry that can geolocate where you stand by only a few feet, all the "cordless" nonsense has caused so much data to fall in the hands of all these alphabet "agencies" that I truly long for the days of the simple web where everything was connected by literal cords and there were no alphabet agencies and their datamining bullshit.

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~fungmungus wrote (thread):

I recall reading once (and I'll likely not do it the full service here) that any advancing technology inevitably comes with a "give and take." It is important to realize that progress has costs and further that costs, in occasions, may render the progress useless, or create an actual obstacle.

I like to think of automatic doors at stores. Sure it allows for hand free access, and it is definitely a boon for physically impaired. But if the mechanism running the door, or the sensor need to activate it, fails, then the door becomes useless (fortunately there are manual overrides, but the point remains). Simple manual doors are incredibly old technology, but they remain reliably functional. In many cases I can see the same with cords.

And hey, it makes for a broader nice metaphor as well.