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		thirdsun on March 22, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: U.S. sues Apple, accusing it of maintaining an iPh... > What a great story. I wonder at what stage of Idiocracy lore we’re at, to require locked down software to “protect” people from “smart nephews”. Have you ever had to do tech support for non-technical users? People will make poor tech choices and fault the manufacturer for it.

wiseowise on March 22, 2024 [–]

Yes, I did.

It never crossed my mind to reduce literal supercomputer that costs 1,5k euro, and can fit into my pocket, to a feature phone.

alt227 on March 22, 2024 | [–]

You mean like apple did by making the iphone? /s

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