• AbsoluteChicagoDog@lemm.ee
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    12 days ago

    2010: We want bigger batteries, they give us colorful phones

    2015 We want bigger batteries, they give us 1mm thinner phones

    2020 We want bigger batteries, they give us 5 cameras

    2025 We want bigger batteries, they give us AI

    Phones are a great example of the utter failure of capitalism to address what people actually need and want.

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      11 days ago

      They also keep taking away features, like removable storage (microSD) and headphone jacks. There’s a few phones that have them, but it gets more difficult to find them as time goes on.

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      11 days ago

      Steve Jobs proved that consumers don’t actually know what they want until you tell them. And it’s the manufacturers job to tell them what they want and deliver it.

      Since Apple doesn’t want a bigger battery that means no one gets a bigger battery.