Across social feeds and campus group chats, a new kind of New Year’s resolution is taking shape for 2026: a deliberate move away from always-on, algorithmic gadgets and toward older, simpler devices.

"They don't make [FILL IN THE BLANK] like they used to." There's a reason this is such a common phrase that has been around seemingly forever. They really DON'T make anything like they used to. When ...