> I think modern smart phones are an unbelievably awesome value. Smartphones are mostly toys, dark pattern traps for procrastination. They are not productive t

> I think modern smart phones are an unbelievably awesome value. Smartphones are mostly toys, dark pattern traps for procrastination. They are not productive tools, because you're always going to be a fraction as productive as you are on a full-size screen and keyboard. The only exception is maybe photography, since the sensors are finally catching up to entry-level DSLRs (optics still aren't, and probably never will) Even most laptop users I know make use of several external monitors and a keyboard and a dock for other accessories. > The problem is that we don't want to pay Not sure what you mean. Are you suggesting that end-consumers should be willing to pay developers to not work at corporations and instead focus on creating some kind of open-source dark-pattern free paradise ecosystem for smartphones and other portables?