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"Spend more money on your computer" is a fine solution for a bay area software engineer. It's not a solution at all for the half of America that would have to s
by saulrh 6y ago
"Spend more money on your computer" is a fine solution for a bay area software engineer. It's not a solution at all for the half of America that would have to sell their car to cover a $400 ER visit.
- nitrogen 6y agoDesktop computers are available waaay cheaper than phones.
- superkuh 6y agoI make under $12k/year. I live in the midwest. I would have to sell my car for a $1k ER visit. It's still cheaper to build a $450 real desktop computer (that lasts decades+) than it is to buy a $800 4 year life gimped smart phone that can't do any productive work any isn't in my control. (And my $20 nokia dumb phone has worked perfectly since 2006 for phone calls/text.)
- shadowgovt 6y agoYou live in the midwest United States; you're not the user we're talking about. We're talking about the person in small-town India who has a Micromax Black Q385 spark 3, 8GB store, 1GB ram, 5.5" screen, which they bought for $50. They also get their Internet access through the cellular equivalent of a drinking straw. (Even still, my personal guess is that this URL bar change isn't about them; it's about the desktop experience).
- superkuh 6y agoI don't think Chrome can run on a machine like that.