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Most phone apps don't actually have any real purpose other than time wasting. The primary useful functions of a phone are the camera, phone calls, IM, navigatio
by baroffoos 7y ago
Most phone apps don't actually have any real purpose other than time wasting. The primary useful functions of a phone are the camera, phone calls, IM, navigation, and calendar. Almost all of these functions can be done on this OS other than maybe IM depending on what you do so I would call this functional.
You would probably find your days more productive and enjoyable if your phone didn't support the general garbage people install.
- scarface74 7y agoYou’ve heard of a little service called Uber?
- baroffoos 7y agoNot needed in my area. Google maps shows public transport directions pretty well.
- scarface74 7y agoSo now we are judging what is useful to the entire phone using population by what is useful to you personally?
- baroffoos 7y agoLiterally no phone is suitable for the entire phone population so I am not sure what the point of this comment is. For me and likely many other phone users, uber is not an essential app.
- scarface74 7y agoWell, I didn’t mention a particular phone, but since the worldwide penetration of adult smart phone users is close to 90%, don’t you think you might be the outlier? Obviously most people find a use for them. And since smart phones can run different apps, it’s not about the “one true phone”. It’s like the old Slashdot feigned ignorance meme “Do people still watch TV? I haven’t owned a TV in 10 years”.
- mike_hock 7y agoI really haven't owned a TV in 10 years!
- scarface74 7y agoDo you watch videos on a computer monitor or a tablet or a phone? They are all the same thing these days.
- krzyk 7y agoNot really. I don't see ads on monitor (thank you UBlock Origin and Pi Hole) and don't see news either. On monitor I choose what to watch, on TV I am forced to watch what someone else chosen. I didn't own a TV ever (well, since I went to college), I see it only in my parents house when I visit.
- scarface74 7y agoThat’s what I meant by it’s the same thing. All TVs are just monitors with small embedded computers with your standard streaming apps.
- mike_hock 7y agoWell, the difference between TVs and computer monitors is about as big today as it was in the 90s, right? Back then, they were also essentially the same technology (cathode ray tubes), but the TV had tuner and some analog circuitry to decode the signal.
- scarface74 7y agoThe TV in the 90s didn’t have a computer built in where you could download apps nor did have an internet connection. You unfortunately can’t buy a TV today that isn’t “smart”. The same video sources that you watch on your computer, are usually available on TVs - YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, etc.