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A comment on Tesla’s battery day affirms Wright’s Law and spells trouble for the competition. Parent comment

Re:Tesla’s battery day affirms Wright’s Law and spells troub... by rjkennedy98 on Sunday September 27, 2020 @11:01AM (#24607118)
I suspect that has to do with the iPhone which had replaced the digital camera for almost everyone.
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Re:Tesla’s battery day affirms Wright’s Law and spells troub... by Yetanfou on Sunday September 27, 2020 @04:38PM (#24609967)
You're using the word 'iPhone' where you mean 'smartphone'. Don't do that, you wouldn't call any car a Ford or any vacuum cleaner a Hoover either. Nor do you call any iPhone a Nokia, for that matter.
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Re:Tesla’s battery day affirms Wright’s Law and spells troub... by rjkennedy98 on Monday September 28, 2020 @04:36PM (#24620978)
Its called a metonymy.
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