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minus-squareMurrayL@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13arrow-down2·6 months agoI don’t necessarily disagree, but this reads a bit like some of the comments on those old Slashdot threads clowning on the first smartphones. ‘these things will fail, I already have a camera, a cellphone, and an mp3 player, why would anyone want them all in one device?’
minus-squarejve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·6 months agoExactly my first thought. Hope it doesn’t turn out the same way this time around
minus-squarelivejamie@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoYou’d rather have a camera cell phone and mp3 player than a smartphone?
minus-squarejve@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoNo. Doesn’t make me any less apprehensive about meta putting cameras and microphones on everybody’s face.
minus-squaremagguzu@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoHeh…these days I kinda long for devices for for specific purposes again 😅 and I’m a software engineer.
I don’t necessarily disagree, but this reads a bit like some of the comments on those old Slashdot threads clowning on the first smartphones.
‘these things will fail, I already have a camera, a cellphone, and an mp3 player, why would anyone want them all in one device?’
Exactly my first thought.
Hope it doesn’t turn out the same way this time around
You’d rather have a camera cell phone and mp3 player than a smartphone?
No.
Doesn’t make me any less apprehensive about meta putting cameras and microphones on everybody’s face.
Heh…these days I kinda long for devices for for specific purposes again 😅 and I’m a software engineer.