• apfelwoiSchoppen@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Take away user choice, use really bad excuses like water proofing and space saving, and you can be sure consumers will iteratively buy more frequently and spend more for cloud services.

    Bye battery Bye bye headphone jack Bye bye user expandable storage.

    Capitalism has steered us to this as the preferable product.

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      It really sucks that they charge so much money for the storage difference. Why are the pricing tiers based on the storage? It’s so strange.

      Anyways, I recall having a lot of issues with external storage in the past. Like Android just didn’t integrate that shit properly. It was kinda painful having the phone data and photos in separate places. Don’t remember specifics, I just know I constantly wished they were a single location.

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      10 months ago

      I blame Apple. They slowly got rid of features and still sold a shit ton of phones. This is obviously more profitable so other companies followed.

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      10 months ago

      I ended up buying a Motorola razr because at least the fucking thing fits in my pocket for once. That’s honestly the biggest tangible benefit I’ve gotten out of a phone purchase in a while.

      Each iteration of phone seems more like something I don’t want to even be involved with. Maybe I’ll just buy a light phone next time.

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        I remember when I could do everything with my phone using a single hand. I never grabbed my phone with two hands. Now I need two hands much more than before.

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          I don’t know why phablets are a thing. Phones are too big imo.

          I had a Motorola g power from 2020? I think? That’s about the right size. I actually wish they could make a usable phone that’s about the size of the bottom half of this one I’m using right now, but it would take some UI innovation which nobody is interested in. It’s funny too because the bigger flagship phones are more expensive, but I’d never pay for that.

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            10 months ago

            You might be interested in the unique looking designs on https://www.unihertz.com/ .

            They’ve got some really tiny ones and some with physical keyboards even. I like the designs but dunno about their update commitment or hardware specs much.

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              10 months ago

              This sounds almost perfect. I’m missing the option to install a custom ROM or as you said specs on support.

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                10 months ago

                Installing custom ROMs on devices is still way too difficult. Recently tried to install divestOS on an old Oneplus phone and it is currently in brick hell. I followed the instructions. Unlocking is easy, rooting is still a massive PITA.

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      10 months ago

      So you’re telling me that capitalism works, and that it’s working as intended.

      I agree that this is a result of capitalism. But I would surmise that this is exactly the standard by which capitalism is based. Reduce complexity, reduce operating costs. That generally means that whatever you’re making is going to be generic with no customizability and no ability to be repaired or changed by the end user. Complete vertical integration with optimizations in productivity, materials cost, and other operating expenses, all while charging “as much as the market will bear”