ArfArfWoof

joined 4 months ago
[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes, and i think yyou should elaborate on why it is defeatist and why it makes the speaker look bad. Obviously I could fill in the blanks, but I am interested in your opinion, as you're the one who brought it up.

[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 9 points 1 day ago (10 children)
[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 4 points 3 months ago

Shareholder demand

[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 6 points 4 months ago (11 children)

This isn't just cheaping out though, this is removing a feature. Surely no one will be glad to put in additional effort for no advantage? Or are there advantages to eSIMs that I don't know about?

[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Right but you gotta make money somehow. The 3,5mm jack was removed to sell wireless headphones. The SD card slot is gone to force you to buy a phone with more soldered storage. Why this? Can't be data collection, they have it all already.

[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 14 points 4 months ago (14 children)

Yeah but how do make money? Is the few cents saved per unit worth it? Like I know that saving 1€ over a million units is 1M€ saved but still.

[–] ArfArfWoof@europe.pub 87 points 4 months ago (35 children)

Nice to see another feature getting removed to make phones slimmer which is necessary because of uhh... 'Cuz the uh... You know that thing that uh...