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the assertion from grandparent comment was that nobody needed it. parent asserts that yes, they do. it’s nice that you don’t need it, but lots of people do. It
by paulmd 2y ago
the assertion from grandparent comment was that nobody needed it. parent asserts that yes, they do.
it’s nice that you don’t need it, but lots of people do. It’s a pretty basic durability/longevity thing.
don’t worry you can always move the goalposts back to “but you can waterproof a phone with a removable battery”, that’s a much more defensible bailey. “Literally nobody uses waterproofing” just was never a strong argument.
- throwaway22032 2y agoMy argument is not that water resistance is not required but that it has always been present. Older phones were already water resistant. You just couldn't chuck them in a pond. It's a total non issue. If our Game Boys collectively survived our childhoods then a phone with far fewer ingress points is going to be fine. You can't even use it in the rain because capacative touchscreens. Waterproof phones are marketing.