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Apple (and subsequently many other copy-cats in the tech industry) have done a phenomenal job convincing people to think of their fully capable mobile computers
by freedomben 1y ago
Apple (and subsequently many other copy-cats in the tech industry) have done a phenomenal job convincing people to think of their fully capable mobile computers as "appliances", and this really shows.
- theshrike79 1y agoA modern smart phone is more like a gaming console and less like a personal computer
- freedomben 1y agoOnly because it's limited by software. Hardwise I would say both gaming consoles and smart phones are a lot like a personal computer, in fact I think they pretty much are personal computers.
- theshrike79 1y agoGaming consoles are even more limited by software. They're literally running normal gaming PC hardware. I'm always baffled when people are up in arms wanting to run _everything_ on their phones, which have very specific and niche hardware, but at the satime time are just fine with their consoles being 100% locked down without even a chance of side-loading. Nevermind an open 3rd party store.
- freedomben 1y agoI'm not at all fine with gaming consoles being like that. My point above is that they are limited (aka locked down) intentionally by software, not hardware capabilities. I have a many years long boycott in place and won't buy a gaming console unless they change that and open them up. Steam decks only for me until then.