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Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by orf on Sunday December 08, 2024 @05:02PM (#42361032)
> For starters I'm 1 person, so the market is not O. And I know of others, and I know I'm not alone

Of all the people you interacted with in any way, shape or form this year, what percentage of those would benefit from this?

It rounds to 0, assuming you’re not a shut-in

Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by grahamj on Sunday December 08, 2024 @10:33PM (#42362857)
If they're a shut-in it definitely rounds to zero
Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by worthless-trash on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:04AM (#42363961)
Everything rounds to zero on a big enough scale.
Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by ksp-atlas on Monday December 09, 2024 @03:28AM (#42364093)
Wouldn't any percentage below 50% round to zero?
Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by orf on Monday December 09, 2024 @04:26AM (#42364416)
No, obviously not.
Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by lores on Monday December 09, 2024 @05:56AM (#42364944)
It does, to -2 decimal places :)
Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by hilbert42 on Monday December 09, 2024 @05:18AM (#42364703)
The point you are making is irrelevant as it has nothing to do with my point which is what I want as features on my phone. Whether manufacturers make them or how many other people may want the same as I do is a separate issue.

What phone do you use now and are you satisfied with it?

Tell me that and I may be able to then figure where you are coming from. BTW, read my comment to f6v.

Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by orf on Monday December 09, 2024 @06:22AM (#42365104)
You asked:

> How can you say that, where are your figures/stats/evidence?

I responded with:

> just look outside in the real world?

That’s totally relevant to you asking why no mass-market phones support increasingly niche features that ~0% of the population need or want, and you expanding on this by saying “me and one other person I know want this”…

Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by hilbert42 on Monday December 09, 2024 @07:21AM (#42365550)
Read my reply to david-gpu.

I can't make it any clearer, sorry I don't speak Klingon.

Re:Unless my phone can be a PC, I don't want to keep paying ... by orf on Monday December 09, 2024 @08:02AM (#42365915)
> The point I put forward is what I and a small select section of the market wants as features

Or

> “Because the population of people that would actually use that functionality rounds to approximately 0."

> How can you say that, where are your figures/stats/evidence?

Pick one