On Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 22:56:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 22:41:08 UTC, Nick Sabalausky
(Abscissa) wrote:
On 09/10/2018 11:13 PM, tide wrote:
On Monday, 10 September 2018 at 13:43:46 UTC, Joakim wrote:
That's why PC sales keep dropping while mobile sales are now
6-7X that per year:
This shouldn't be misunderstood as such, which I think you as
misunderstanding it. The reason mobile sales are so high is
because of planned obsolescence and the walled garden that
these devices are built around. I've gone through maybe 3-4
phones in the time that I've had my Desktop, and I use my
desktop every single day. I don't need to buy a new one cause
it runs perfectly fine, there aren't operating system updates
that purposely cause the CPU to run slower to "save battery
life" when a new device and OS come out. That's not to say it
isn't insignificant but the sales numbers are exacerbated.
Right. Basically, "sales stats" should never be misconstrued
as "usage stats".
The usage stats are similarly overwhelming, two-thirds of
digital time is spent on mobile, more for the young:
Yeah but 90% of the time people spend on mobile is just dicking
about. Sending IMs, facebook, point and click games. And thats a
huge part of the usage stats, people can now spend more time
online wasting time in more situations than ever before.
PCs are generally seen a tool to accomplish tasks, for word
processing or a high end gaming thing, audio / video editing,
mobile is more entertainment. Not many people are doing what you
are by using your mobile as a desktop.
I'm not saying that makes mobile worthless, what I'm saying is
that your hypothesis is like saying TV has taken over from
typewriters.
