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Re:How the Consumer Computer Is Consuming Computing by EamonnMR on Tuesday August 30, 2022 @11:12PM (#32657955)
No, I really think the author is right about consumption devices. They're just not optimized for creation. No keyboard, tiny screen, perfect for reading tweets and scrolling Instagram but not great for sitting down and creating a PowerPoint presentation, flash game, application, or what have you. Hate Microsoft as much as you want, it was possible to write programs on a Windows machine, in fact they produced tools like Visual Studio and Excel. Making an android app on Android or an iPhone app on an iphone is impractical. That's why we lost.
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Re:How the Consumer Computer Is Consuming Computing by selfhoster11 on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @09:11AM (#32661620)
Both of these phenomena are the problem: a smartphone is problematic both because it's a consumption-oriented device, AND because it's tethered to Google for updates and services.
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Re:How the Consumer Computer Is Consuming Computing by _carbyau_ on Thursday September 01, 2022 @06:57PM (#32684463)
I do find it odd that the best environment for making an android/iOS app are on other OS's.
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