In the early 10s Smartphones evolved quickly and it was worth it to upgrade every 2nd year or even every year.
This changed when the tech stagnated. But smartphone was much cheaper in the early days so financially it probably isnt much different if you are buying flagships later now.
Its similar to Tablets. Nobody sees a fucking point in a redundant device until people see it.
Many people still dont have tablets but it is nowhere an unneeded device. It is successful.
This VR/AR glass is indeed the most advanced and well designed glass, miles ahead of what is available. Now it depends on how well it is executed bc some feature are actually useful and intriguing.
Tablets have been around longer than Ipads but they werent nearly as well designed and advanced as when Ipad was announced
Facebook and Google was always about friends family and local before any random and stranger interaction becomes relevant.
Reddit and Lemmy is all about strangers. Oftentimes you dont even want people to know you or care about that. So userbase is way easier to create without feeling as if it was too small.
Facebook started locally and slowly created circles until the entire world found their friends and families and joined themselves
Americans are sometimes really superficial, unknowingly or taught since child. You can see something very similar in HK. The City is known for people being really superficial due to culture and the economic pressure on them. Marrying or dating purely rich money and status is pretty main stream
Sad for the kids.
If they had guns it would be over 40 deaths. This is important for all european and east asian nations to remember. Your gun policy works. Don’t allow mass school shootings and street shootings
Interesting
ITT: almost noone admits they like they “power” and the replacement of a career which they lack irl. Barely anyone with a demanding career has time for this unpaid shit, especially with family.
I secured some subs to ensure I can powertrip against people on reddit. I dont have time to fully mod them so will get some janitor mods do the work while I can powertrip once in awhile (not main acc)