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@ai6yr @breadandcircuses and even for the few #EdgeCase|s where it wouldn't make sense to have an on-call minibus/minivan/compact car/carsharing/taxi option but need personal cars with no alternatives in sight, wouldn't it make sense to build #smol & #efficient instead of monstrosities so phat their deadweight exceeds the MGW of my EU Class B driving license because the manufacturer gave up trying to make something affordable for #millenials and instead only csters to rich #Boomers who have older Class 3 / C1E permits and don't mind driving around 4t of metal and rare earth elements as long as they can get in and out easily.
I think the #LightPhone3 is better than a shitty "#ProducedEwaste" #Android 8.1 brick from China but I don't consider it worth the premium asked [U$D 799 MSRP, U$D 599 preorder] for it.
- Plus their #Website being built to mandate #JavaScript isn't very "respecting" of me as a potential user.
I think people can get a better experience buying a #degoogled #Fairphone with #eOS and just put #RelaunchX as an #eInk-optimized #launcher on it and have a better option.
- But I guess given #ForProfitHealthcare in the #USA is expensive I can see why a lot of people would rather buy such a device and sell their old one than seek therapy if they are susceptible to shitty patterns that #developers harness to maximize #screentime and #revenue.
Can't have #doomscrolling or #microtransactions if it doesn't support #NSAbook's #apps or shitty #PayToLoose #games...
- I do however acknowledge that there is a #market for #smol & #sleek "#StupidPhones" or rather compact #Smartphones and I do want to see more competition for it.
What I do have to say is that #MKBHD acknowledges that he isn't the target audience and "that's fine"...
- I just think that requiring people to sign up to some account just to be able to add/remove #Apps is a major #nope in my book.
I stayed off #GooglePlay for longer than it's being called like that and their "#lightOS" is most likely some tightly locked-down Android...
- It's just an insultingly high pricetag for < $200 internals and the best feature they have isn't even the phone but offering a "no frills" plan which seems okay (by #USA standards!) but still...
I think people would be more accepting if it was a $299 or even $399 device, but at a price of a @monocles #phone whilst being way less versatile it's just not worth it.
- Cuz it's not even a super "secure" device or offers something like a "concierge service" where the device price is artifically high to filter out average #WageWorkers without much disposable income...
@denki @KarlHeinzHasliP I will keep it simply because I can't really afford a new one and because it's already there and works fine!
- If it was broken beyond repairability & being able to get it through tech inspection, that story would be different, but yeah...
As for smaller vehicles I do propose that for the (hopefully fewer and fewer) edge-cases where #PublicTransport just won't cut it, that we go #smol as in #PersonalLightVehicle and thus more #efficient!
#natureloversgallery snail #snailsofpixelfed #outdoorsgirl #draussenzuhause #fog #smol
went to the Piping Plover Project for some info, got distracted for several hours by the photos
I dislike big players in just about any area. I like small "mom and pop" type places. That's also true for music gear. So here are some of the "little guys" that seem worthy of support:
https://stereoping.com/
https://www.acidlab.de/ https://fredslab.net/ https://www.gsmusic.com/ https://sector101.co.uk/
Feel free to share your own "small player" suggestions! I am going to try to support some of these folks by buying something from them in 2025; a check mark means I did buy something from them.