I wonder how are you posting that comment…

Just stop being poor, duh!

That’ll be $5, please!

Yes, I love to have the capability, but haven’t used it so long that it wouldn’t motivate me to switch away from android to keep it.

Android users will have no idea it’s happening because only a tiny minority even knows what sideloading is. I don’t think I have done it in my last 3 phones, so maybe a decade or so. It’s definitely not enough of a reason even for someone like me to switch, let alone an average user.

So it’s a turbo engine.

One of the many perks of remote work!

Yeah, definitely. My point is that phones are not inherently more affordable than computers, like it was 20 years ago.

A 350€ computer will be capable of similar computing power as a 350€ phone, plus the form factorc comfort. I struggle to do basic office stuff on my high end phone, for instance.

As very often is said: vote with your wallet and avoid those (assuming it’s important to you).

Well, most people use iOS or android, so we are talking about a very specific and dedicated bunch here.

There was a viable Linux phone 15 years ago: Nokia N900. Microsoft took care of that when they bought Nokia. At least Windows phone was a resounding success…

Use a bank with a good web interface…

Have you shopped for those items recently? You have 200 buck computers and 2000 buck phones.

War thunder forums would be my first guess :D

Well, then “their” plan backfired, because the cost is still as high as ever for senior and lead engineers, it’s just the enty level jobs that are ever rarer (and FAANG rarely hired entry level anyway).

Plus the number is quite a lot bigger now.

So a specific tariff, on specific goods in a specific country, for a specific reason. Really not comparable.

Any studies about this “getting worse” or just anecdotes? I do routinely use them and I feel they are getting better (my workplace uses Google suite so I have access to gemini). Just last week it helped me debug an ipv6 ra problem that I couldn’t crack, and I learned a few useful commands on the way.

Maybe. Doez it bring something useful? (no, I didn’t read the article)