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u/PolyrythmicSynthJaz Roy Cooper 3d ago edited 3d ago

If you still defend headphone jack removal, I hope your phone is always low on charge whenever you want to listen to something 🤗

"Just use wireless—"

I hope you lose your AirPods on an airplane, buddy 🤗

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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 3d ago

Tech design/manufacturing companies stop making tech shittier to use challenge (impossible)

I'm still mourning the loss of the 4:3 laptop

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u/AlicesReflexion Weeaboo Rights Advocate 3d ago

Lotta people use the laptop to watch a movie in bed.

I think 16:10 is a reasonable compromise, and you do see it on some high-end laptops.

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u/do-wr-mem Frédéric Bastiat 3d ago

I'm just confused as to why 16:9/16:10 became standard everywhere to the point where 4:3 is extinct and 3:2 barely exists as a niche - like okay wide screen for media makes sense - but why is my damn thinkpad 16:9? This shit was made for bulk purchase by companies that are 90% doing tasks that would benefit from a taller aspect ratio