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There are just 5 major use-cases for this thing, and they don't change since 2008: calling, messaging, navigating, camera, note-taking. The rest of what you can
by gloosx 2y ago
There are just 5 major use-cases for this thing, and they don't change since 2008: calling, messaging, navigating, camera, note-taking. The rest of what you can do is mostly time-burning and satisfying addictions, which makes the most of the profit I guess.
- nyarlathotep_ 2y agoAudio is a major use case. Podcasts have grown in audience size dramatically, everyone has Spotify or whatever, and the iPod has long since been discontinued.
- gloosx 2y agoThat's true, tbh I totally forgot about it since I completely stopped using my phone for audio when they started removing 3.5mm jacks. Adapters don't stick for long with me, and BT headphones I just don't find too convenient. In the end I found my 2008 walkman and it works perfectly to this day. It's built like a tank. It has a replacable 64GiB SD card just for the music. And my latest macbook can now again work with this card perfectly for syncing. No upgrades needed for 16 years. I also don't like the concept of renting the music for listening, instead I prefer to buy it, as directly from the author as possible – so I never used Spotify or whatever. A lot of people are like this actually, I personally know a dozen who won't even listen to digital formats, only physical copies on vinyl, cd, tape, etc. – so it's a bit of an exaggeration to say "everyone is using X"