Re:PinePhone – Beta Edition Linux SmartPhone Preorder
by zepto on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @01:28PM
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> Why would non-idealists use this phone when the alternative they already have in their pocket and know how to use can do everything the PinePhone can do?
Nobody expects them to.
People will use it when it does something the alternative they already have cannot do.
Using the term ‘idealists’ is perjorative but more importantly, it implies confusion about why people buy this phone.
The people who buy the phone today do so because it allows them to do things which the alternatives cannot. I.e. the purchase is pragmatic. This is the precise opposite of idealism.
Nobody expects them to.
People will use it when it does something the alternative they already have cannot do.
Using the term ‘idealists’ is perjorative but more importantly, it implies confusion about why people buy this phone.
The people who buy the phone today do so because it allows them to do things which the alternatives cannot. I.e. the purchase is pragmatic. This is the precise opposite of idealism.