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[–] peteypete420@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 days ago (8 children)

Ruined these things for you maybe. I still enjoy them. And don't use my phone for most. One of the things I live about the phone is being able to communicate with my friends and family I want. I also enjoy having the majority of the worlds information available to me. Ooooo and music. Soooo much music at my fingertips.

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[–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Take away anon's phone for a day and see how he likes it.

[–] LittleBorat3@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

Yes, the option to just throw it in the corner and not charge it anymore.

Or to uninstall all your shitty apps.

[–] PresidentCamacho@lemm.ee 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Well this is the cold hotdog water of hot takes. Ill guess anon wasn't alive before smart phones.

Damn good summary. Even more BS than I complain about on a weekly basis.

(written from my smartphone when I should be sleeping)

[–] latenightnoir@lemmy.world 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)
[–] Aggravationstation@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"Smartphones. This Christmas, take a short break from using a device to masturbate and use it to talk to your extended family." Yea that's not something I considered would happen with tech when I was younger.

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[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

ITT awful fucking reasons for "smartphone good". Fuck smartphones.

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Yep. Ignore your downvotes. They're just zoomers with Stockholm syndrome.

A standalone camera would be a better camera. A standalone media player would be a better media player. Emulation handhelds are better gaming systems.

Paper-weights don't even have batteries. Checkmate, phones.

Phones are useless for anything but making sure you're abiding by your state-mandated privatized surveillance of choice and if I could carry around a tiny Linux laptop with cellular integration and use it instead, I probably would.

I get not everyone can use Linux, but I feel that's a misunderstood problem in that, it isn't my problem that you can't do something.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

How does everyone everywhere having a really decent camera ruin photography? One of the things we had to do in photography class was use a disposable to take well composed shots (but also we developed the film ourselves). A phone camera would make those look way better.

[–] Shacktastic@lemy.lol 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Photographic art is drowned in a world of snapshots. That which we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly. Of course, there are a lot of awesome upsides and people can still do photography as a hobby, but there's a real "you can't go home again" feeling. You probably would have had to been into the hobby prior to the smartphone to appreciate the loss.

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[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 2 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)
[–] atro_city@fedia.io 9 points 2 days ago

Ruined that too

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