>2020

>Buying a new smartphone

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i was reading some blog that talked about how Apple is really a finance company that makes tech shit on the side. in light of that this kind of fuckery makes sense

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Every major company is a fintech startup or will be soon enough.

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They only got the market share they did because everyone else was eaten alive and cannibalized by Microsoft. They didn’t stay alive by trying to outcompete with tech, just by spending everything on marketing and investment.

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“I’ll buy almost anything if it’s shiny and made by apple” CUT

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I wish they would innovate that stupid notch out of existence

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Or the fucking camera that sticks out the back. Remember when you could lay your phone flat on a table without a case? I remember, and I refuse to buy a new phone until someone fixes it.

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But cameras are good now… I’d much rather take the improved camera imo

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Fair, but they could just make the phone as thick as the camera lens and slap a bigger battery in there.

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The pop-up camera works fine on my notchless poco

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