points by hypfer 2 days ago | 0 comments
I hesitate to pay that amount of money for a Laptop. Why would I pay that amount of money for a phone which lives a much more dangerous life and only needs to render a messenger UI + take photos?
I suppose the target audience here is "tech enthusiast whales"? I kinda doubt they truly need the protections GrapheneOS provides, though.
Or rather, whatever data those protect is probably thrown out of the window anyway for other and likely not very smart reasons.
[–] bschwindHN 2 days ago
[–] fooqux 2 days ago
I'm with you on the sticker shock. But, playing devil's advocate here, I bet you use your phone a lot more than your laptop. So why shouldn't it be of higher quality?
[–] rcMgD2BwE72F 2 days ago
The probability of losing or getting my phone stolen must be 20x that of my laptop. That alone justifies spending 1/4 on the phone purchase.
[–] hypfer 2 days ago
Valid question, with the answer being that the higher quality does not enable me to do anything more than what I want to do.
Whereas with the laptop, spending more does. Up to a point anyway, but that cut-off sits higher than with phones.
[–] bigstrat2003 1 day ago
You would lose that bet. I use a real computer (desktop or laptop) far more than I use my phone.
[–] yolo1897 2 days ago
Yea if you don't mind being the product then just use a normal android instead of paying twice to avoid it
Phone hardware from the past decade can handle this content no problem and they cost in the low hundreds of dollars. The only reason you would need faster hardware is for gaming, but if you're serious about gaming, I'm not sure why you're on a phone to begin with.