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> “A phone, but it has AI and no apps” isn’t even additive. It’s purely a loss of functionality. I don't necessarily agree that “A phone, but it has AI and no

> “A phone, but it has AI and no apps” isn’t even additive. It’s purely a loss of functionality. I don't necessarily agree that “A phone, but it has AI and no apps” is a good product, but it could be considered additive. When the iPhone came out, it was "a pocket computer, but without a physical keyboard and mouse" and some might have argued that it was subtractive because of that. Maybe we shouldn't be thinking about "apps" as something inherently required by any future device ever created.

dpark 18d ago
The additive part on the iPhone was: 1. A screen that covers the whole device. 2. A device that doesn’t suck for touch. The loss of the physical keyboard was indeed actually a loss, but was offset by meaningful improvements. My problem with most of these proposed devices is that they are purely subtractive. I can run ChatGPT or Claude or whatever on my phone right now. Where is the part where a new type of device delivers some new experience or capability?