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You should be careful to consider your privilege when judging other people's decisions here. This is an absolutely reasonable choice on your part, but you're (a

You should be careful to consider your privilege when judging other people's decisions here. This is an absolutely reasonable choice on your part, but you're (a) buying the most expensive model (and I'd guess doing so on a 2 year cycle), and then (b) paying for Apple care for it. That's a reasonable amount of money to spend for a shiny iPhone, a perfectly reasonable amount in your case. For other people though, it might not be worth it or affordable at all. If one $30 case saves paying Apple care, or if helps use the phone for three or four years rather than two then that is a significant financial saving.

10u152 4y ago
Please don’t encourage stifling of discussion by invoking privilege. This person gave an opinion that contributes to the discourse. Self censorship is a slippery slope, especially in this context.
- krisoft 4y ago
  > Please don’t encourage stifling of discussion by invoking privilege. I didn’t read it that way. Pointing out that being able to buy the most expensive model and then risking harm to it is something not everyone can afford is not stiffling the discussion. It is the discussion. It is hard to be aware of one’s own biases due to personal circumstances. It is a “fish can’t see the water it is swimming in” kind of situation. Many people I know don’t consider phone protectors on an aesthetic axis, but on the “what is the probability that this slippery brick falls and shatters and then I won’t have a phone for the next few years at all”. If you are financially in a situation where you can buy a new flagship phone at any time you might not even think about this viewpoint.
  - Dudeman112 4y ago
    >If you are financially in a situation where you can buy a new flagship phone at any time you might not even think about this viewpoint. You might even feel attacked for being privileged enough when someone points that possibility No, really. Just what is it with that fragility? Did people get all defensive back in the day when someone said "that's only valid if you are sufficiently rich"? Might be that I just never noticed it, but it's getting real annoying just how often people get all defensive about what they said only applying to people who have it good enough
  - pg_1234 4y ago
    I absolutely DID read it that way. Comments like that are online bullying. If you have a financial/wealth argument to make, by all means make it ... then let it stand on it's own merits.
    - krisoft 4y ago
      > If you have a financial/wealth argument to make, by all means make it They did. > I absolutely DID read it that way. What do you think is the cause of this fragility?
jiggawatts 4y ago
I can't afford a new camera right now, even though my current one is over a decade old, and I would really like a new one. My phone is also several years old and I can't afford to replace it on a whim either. I make a fraction of what a typical IC in silicon valley might, and I'm not what you'd categorise as "rich" by any means. Middle class, more like. My point is that I've seen people that only fly first-class put phones in plastic cases.

10u152 4y ago

Please don’t encourage stifling of discussion by invoking privilege. This person gave an opinion that contributes to the discourse. Self censorship is a slippery slope, especially in this context.

krisoft 4y ago
> Please don’t encourage stifling of discussion by invoking privilege. I didn’t read it that way. Pointing out that being able to buy the most expensive model and then risking harm to it is something not everyone can afford is not stiffling the discussion. It is the discussion. It is hard to be aware of one’s own biases due to personal circumstances. It is a “fish can’t see the water it is swimming in” kind of situation. Many people I know don’t consider phone protectors on an aesthetic axis, but on the “what is the probability that this slippery brick falls and shatters and then I won’t have a phone for the next few years at all”. If you are financially in a situation where you can buy a new flagship phone at any time you might not even think about this viewpoint.
- Dudeman112 4y ago
  >If you are financially in a situation where you can buy a new flagship phone at any time you might not even think about this viewpoint. You might even feel attacked for being privileged enough when someone points that possibility No, really. Just what is it with that fragility? Did people get all defensive back in the day when someone said "that's only valid if you are sufficiently rich"? Might be that I just never noticed it, but it's getting real annoying just how often people get all defensive about what they said only applying to people who have it good enough
- pg_1234 4y ago
  I absolutely DID read it that way. Comments like that are online bullying. If you have a financial/wealth argument to make, by all means make it ... then let it stand on it's own merits.
  - krisoft 4y ago
    > If you have a financial/wealth argument to make, by all means make it They did. > I absolutely DID read it that way. What do you think is the cause of this fragility?

jiggawatts 4y ago

I can't afford a new camera right now, even though my current one is over a decade old, and I would really like a new one. My phone is also several years old and I can't afford to replace it on a whim either. I make a fraction of what a typical IC in silicon valley might, and I'm not what you'd categorise as "rich" by any means. Middle class, more like. My point is that I've seen people that only fly first-class put phones in plastic cases.