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At least newer Android phones have something like 7 years of updates, so there is some progress. The claim that more memory/computing power has no benefits at
by sva_ 2y ago
At least newer Android phones have something like 7 years of updates, so there is some progress.
The claim that more memory/computing power has no benefits at all seems nonsensical.
- wizzwizz4 2y agoI can do fewer things with my computer than I could when computers were slower. Software has more than destroyed the gains of hardware. (The only exception is numerical simulation, which I need occasionally for academic research, but not in my day-to-day life.) Video games, supposedly the Killer App for high-end computing hardware, are among the worst offenders: your average modern 2D side-scrolling platformer (Mario clone) locks up my computer (to say nothing of AAA games). Web browsers are the second-worst offenders. Chat clients (secretly web browsers) are third: they barely work, and interoperability has gone the way of the dodo. Operating systems are fourth: they (mostly) still let you use older versions of software, but they have mostly just grown new problems (e.g. built-in adware in Windows; GNOME… well, GNOME) without fixing long-standing ones (e.g. slow domain login in Windows; most systemd misfeatures).
- EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK 2y agoWhich application works better on newer phones? Can't see any difference, except maybe games and new AI crap that nobody needs.