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no! it only is happenstance that two vast dipshit useless consumerizing anti-computing applicationizing loser companies control all the smartphone market & that

no! it only is happenstance that two vast dipshit useless consumerizing anti-computing applicationizing loser companies control all the smartphone market & that the market is sucky & awful & has no innovation or verve! like a lot of computing! the form factor is not the problem nor really a big constraint. thr form factor so happens to be dominated by even loer than regular fi computing, subcomputong, of the lowest ambitions. dominated by unexpert systems & portals. that's not a real restriction of the technology. it doesnt reflect anywhere near as bad on mobile tech as the situations seems.

emteycz 5y ago
I have no idea what you're talking about. The phone I am holding is one of the most beautiful, most innovative devices I have ever seen. It's truly amazing that a pocket device made in 2018 that sells for $150 (second hand, like new) can be as capable as a desktop from just few years ago (octa-core CPU, 6GB RAM and 256 GB disk + 400 GB SD). While by default the OS is ridden with Google, you can trivially replace it with a free version and again, it's the best thing I've ever used - including PCs. I'm running full KDE, Node.js and VSCode on it - if that's not innovation then I don't know what is.
- rektide 5y ago
  > While by default the OS is ridden with Google, you can trivially replace it with a free version and again, it's the best thing I've ever used - including PCs. You are living in fantasy land! Congratulations. I'd make a big bet less than 1% of phones out there allow this. Everyone else is locked into the small balkanized application-centric hell-world of consumer smartphone OSes.
  - emteycz 5y ago
    There is absolutely no shortage of Samsung devices, and second-hand ones are even cheap. If people are buying pricier locked up alternatives, perhaps they don't care about our fantasy land... Anyways I meant AOSP Android, it's truly good. X runs headless alongside it and is accessible via an Android Xorg client.

emteycz 5y ago

I have no idea what you're talking about. The phone I am holding is one of the most beautiful, most innovative devices I have ever seen. It's truly amazing that a pocket device made in 2018 that sells for $150 (second hand, like new) can be as capable as a desktop from just few years ago (octa-core CPU, 6GB RAM and 256 GB disk + 400 GB SD). While by default the OS is ridden with Google, you can trivially replace it with a free version and again, it's the best thing I've ever used - including PCs. I'm running full KDE, Node.js and VSCode on it - if that's not innovation then I don't know what is.

rektide 5y ago
> While by default the OS is ridden with Google, you can trivially replace it with a free version and again, it's the best thing I've ever used - including PCs. You are living in fantasy land! Congratulations. I'd make a big bet less than 1% of phones out there allow this. Everyone else is locked into the small balkanized application-centric hell-world of consumer smartphone OSes.
- emteycz 5y ago
  There is absolutely no shortage of Samsung devices, and second-hand ones are even cheap. If people are buying pricier locked up alternatives, perhaps they don't care about our fantasy land... Anyways I meant AOSP Android, it's truly good. X runs headless alongside it and is accessible via an Android Xorg client.