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Explain Like I'm Five

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They were a good indicator for notifications that are missed when you were away from phone.

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[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I hate that everything useful is being thrown out the window for "water proofing." Fuck that, people need to quit being so lazy and careless with their shit.

And I'm calling bullshit on the dust thing. I'm not saying it's a negligible consideration, but it's not something they need to start gelding features for. That's just a horseshit excuse to effectuate planned obsolescence and sell you overpriced accessories.

I still use an 8 year old phone with a tool-free replaceable battery, headphone jack, and microSD slot. I live in the country, there's dust everywhere and it would be dead by now if dust was such a problem.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Look I live in a place where we get sideways torrential rain. Often. I need my phone to be waterproof enough to survive my commute to work on a bad day

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It helps if you're wearing clothes.