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> They can be one misstep away from homelessness but they still buy a new iPhone I strongly suspect they will buy the cheaper and possibly shittier Android. Ev
by KaiserPro 4y ago
> They can be one misstep away from homelessness but they still buy a new iPhone
I strongly suspect they will buy the cheaper and possibly shittier Android. Even though it won't last as long. Those monthly payments are a drag yo.
Look I'm glad you like the iPhone, but to say its the greatest product in all of human history is a touch hyperbolic. Yes its a great bit of engineering, but its not like it singularly went from 0-100 by it's self.
Let us not forget, the only thing innovative on the original iphone was the large touch screen. Everything else was a compromise. The battery, the CPU, the RAM, the ability to run apps, all of them were no where near as good as the nearest rival.
But Apple managed to catch up enough to appear ahead of the curve, and well done to them. But let us not forget that without android, the iPhone would never have advanced. (Dont read this as me being an android fanboi, I have never owned one...)
But to the point, in terms of greatest product, I suspect its probably either modern farming (and infra, so tractors) or something medical.
- Hellbanevil 4y agoI have never seen a homeless person with even a flip phone. A friend, or actually a homeless acquaintance, of mine was charged with theft of public utilities because he was caught charging his ancient laptop into a city receptical that was put near the street to electrify Christmas lights. He was one of the original Programmers of Word Star. He got zero credit on his contributions though. He ended up homeless even though he was a decent Programmer. It always bothered me the way San Rafael Cops would harass him seemingly daily. It can all go to shit very fast.
- dTal 4y ago>Let us not forget, the only thing innovative on the original iphone was the large touch screen ...and a full-featured WebKit browser. That was huge.