{"id":779608,"date":"2026-09-23T04:34:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779608\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T04:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T04:34:10","slug":"are-you-embracing-low-tech-ways-to-enjoy-music-and-movies-life-and-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/779608\/","title":{"rendered":"Are you embracing low-tech ways to enjoy music and movies? | Life and style"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Are you turning your back on hi-tech forms of entertainment to escape algorithmically curated content?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">Perhaps you are enjoying listening to vinyl rather than the constant flow of music playlists. Or maybe you have ditched streaming services to watch DVDs instead.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">If you have recently moved to alternative ways to enjoy music and film and TV shows we would like to hear from you. What prompted the move? What is the appeal of these formats?<\/p>\n<p>Share your experience<\/p>\n<p>Please share your response in the form below or by messaging us.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Your responses, which can be anonymous, are secure as the form is encrypted and only the Guardian has access to your contributions. We will only use the data you provide us for the purpose of the feature and we will delete any personal data when we no longer require it for this purpose. For alternative ways to get in touch securely please see our <a data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/tips\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tips guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Have you moved from hi-tech to low-tech ways to listen to music or view films and TV shows? Tell us why  <\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-p8lrwc\">Please include as much detail as possible. <\/p>\n<p>How do you feel about algorithms? Have they had an impact on your decision to switch to low-tech? Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-p8lrwc\">Please include as much detail as possible. <\/p>\n<p>If you are happy to, please upload a photo of yourself here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-85rlp0\">Please note, the maximum file size is 5.7 MB.<\/p>\n<p>Choose file<\/p>\n<p>Can we publish your response? <\/p>\n<p>You can add more information here Optional<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-p8lrwc\">If you include other people&#8217;s names please ask them first.<\/p>\n<p>Would you be interested in speaking to our audio and\/or video teams? <\/p>\n<p>By submitting your response, you are agreeing to share your details with us for this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Submit<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-1s160rg\">If you\u2019re having trouble using the form click <a href=\"https:\/\/guardiannewsandmedia.formstack.com\/forms\/packed_lunches\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. Read terms of service <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/terms-of-service\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> and privacy policy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/help\/privacy-policy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Are you turning your back on hi-tech forms of entertainment to escape algorithmically curated content? Perhaps you are&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":779609,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-779608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}