alt Hacker NewsThe HN crowd is not representative of the entire market. Most people don't care about the operating system and only want something that 1) is simple to use 2) they already know 3) they happen to already have (most people keep their phones for many years)
Also, the largest phone market in the world is the developing countries market. Cheap phones are supreme right now
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anonym29 • yesterday at 2:10 PM
"If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses."
- Commonly misattributed to Henry Ford
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pixxel • yesterday at 2:18 PM
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That's not what I observe. Many non technical people have ethical concerns.
This fantasy among the technical crowd here that the general public only cares about cheap and convenient, which is at best condescending, needs to die. Convincing oneself of this only takes meeting non technical people.