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These discussions remind me of the people asking for a small iPhone. Apple responded but it failed to find enough customers. Linux has 1% of the desktop market

These discussions remind me of the people asking for a small iPhone. Apple responded but it failed to find enough customers. Linux has 1% of the desktop market and even within that small number the majority are used to getting their software for free. I'd say the chance of a Linux version is effectively zero.

hitekker 5y ago
Yep, those folks engaged in "performative commenting" upvoting and agreeing that they would all buy small phones if only Apple would make them. Then Apple made the small phones... and crickets.
- aendruk 5y ago
  It takes time. With luck I shouldn’t need to buy a new phone for at least another year or two.
simonh 5y ago
Er, the original 4" SE sold really well. https://tcrn.ch/3jxVB6p https://tcrn.ch/3jxVB6p
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  As does the current budget phone. The thing is people were regularly complaining that they couldn't get a high end device in a small package. Yet when Apple delivered that it didn't sell in large enough volumes. https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/14/report-apple-drop-iphone-mini-2022-device-lineup-following-limited-sales/ https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/14/report-apple-drop-iphone...
  - simonh 5y ago
    So they sold really well, but not in large enough volumes. The only way both can be true is if it was at different times. I can believe that, maybe there was a significant market, but then after a few years it got saturated.
    - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
      There is a distinction between a budget phone and a small phone. People were calling for a high end device in a small case.
      - simonh 5y ago
        And the 1st Gen SE provided that, it had the same internals as the then-current flagship phones. Note that Apple's small form factor phones have very often been released out of sync with the main launches in the Autumn. Just because there won't be a new one this autumn doesn't mean the current version will be dropped, and doesn't mean a new small form factor phone won't come along next year, possibly early next year.
        tonyedgecombe 5y ago
        There is an SE in the current range and a mini. They are clearly targeted at different audiences. I'll not that all the complaints I read were during the period when the SE (or equivalent) was available. People were clearly calling for something else yet when it was offered they didn't take it up.

hitekker 5y ago

Yep, those folks engaged in "performative commenting" upvoting and agreeing that they would all buy small phones if only Apple would make them. Then Apple made the small phones... and crickets.

aendruk 5y ago
It takes time. With luck I shouldn’t need to buy a new phone for at least another year or two.

simonh 5y ago

Er, the original 4" SE sold really well. https://tcrn.ch/3jxVB6p https://tcrn.ch/3jxVB6p

tonyedgecombe 5y ago
As does the current budget phone. The thing is people were regularly complaining that they couldn't get a high end device in a small package. Yet when Apple delivered that it didn't sell in large enough volumes. https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/14/report-apple-drop-iphone-mini-2022-device-lineup-following-limited-sales/ https://siliconangle.com/2021/04/14/report-apple-drop-iphone...
- simonh 5y ago
  So they sold really well, but not in large enough volumes. The only way both can be true is if it was at different times. I can believe that, maybe there was a significant market, but then after a few years it got saturated.
  - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
    There is a distinction between a budget phone and a small phone. People were calling for a high end device in a small case.
    - simonh 5y ago
      And the 1st Gen SE provided that, it had the same internals as the then-current flagship phones. Note that Apple's small form factor phones have very often been released out of sync with the main launches in the Autumn. Just because there won't be a new one this autumn doesn't mean the current version will be dropped, and doesn't mean a new small form factor phone won't come along next year, possibly early next year.
      - tonyedgecombe 5y ago
        There is an SE in the current range and a mini. They are clearly targeted at different audiences. I'll not that all the complaints I read were during the period when the SE (or equivalent) was available. People were clearly calling for something else yet when it was offered they didn't take it up.