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Gesundheit

So first of all, I’m with you.

But would that affect waterproofing at all?

Any device with any component that slides/flips/folds/moves is prone to failure simply due to the movement.

Well sure. Nowhere in my comment did I say that the device is meant to be used forever. For me, I don’t mind the compromises for some newer tech. I’m in the position where I can finally get fun tech now. Prior to this, the average length of time I had a phone was 4-5years, but I only had low end models. I really don’t think that compromising with a 3-4 year projected usage time for folding phones is all that odd. It depends on what you want in a device. OP is looking for something new, presumably, hence asking the question.

I agree about the design language of the Pixel tbh. I’ve always found it to be butt ugly compared to a majority of the other phones out there. The camera design is just kind of unpleasant imo. That being said, I’ve been looking into buying an older flagship Pixel to gift to my mom. My research shows that for whatever reason, Pixels are the only phone out there that seem to do well capturing subjects that move a ton (toddlers, pets, etc.). Not sure why most other brands seem to be a blurry mess with the slightest movement.

I have Samsung Z Flip. Have used it for the past several years and I love it. I wanted it for two reasons 1. So I can finally fit a modern smartphone in stupid women’s pants and 2. Because I thought it was cool/fun. No regrets!

That being said, the “flip” form factor is going to have a different use case than the “fold” form factor. I don’t personally have a use for a phone+tablet combo, so it isn’t right for me. Keep in mind also that when you are using these “fold” style devices in tablet mode, the screen turns into more of a square rather than a rectangle. So YouTube videos and such really don’t look that much bigger on the inner screen and much of the screen is filled with black bars.

Lmaoo my coworker always talks about the baby smell too. I find it funny because I have never sniffed a baby hahaha

Sleep deprivation is literally a torture technique. I am thankful that people do choose to try to raise children with this in mind, but it just sounds like literal torture to me. Even with people who tell me how much they supposedly love raising kids, I see the immense pain and suffering that they go through literally all the time.

My guess is that some powerful hormones must be released or something after having a child to make people think that they are enjoying their life even though an outside observer can view their immense suffering.

I run in the local park! Tbh it’s not the prettiest of parks but it’s ok. Sometimes if I get there early enough, I get to see some animals like deer or the birds will be out sometimes with their babies.

You don’t even need to patch the Android app called Red Reader. It works by default. Not super pleasing to look at, but it has always done the job. I think they managed to squeak by the API shutdown thing because they are headed toward blind users, but sighted users can use it too.

Really curious to see where this goes. It’s a real shame that they banned Huawei in the States. They are doing some wild things with foldables.

Yeah I mean…we are all born into an already existing system. I guess we could all kill ourselves to help the planet, but that’s not really a great option for the self. I don’t have the power to change my country’s infrastructure as a singular being.

That’s great to hear! Makes sense that they would have worked them out eventually. I just never saw a reason to try to switch back. I tried out a bunch of different apps until I found one that I liked and worked well is all.

I’d love to rock my phone caseless, but yeah they are just too goddamn thin slippery for me. I know you can wrap the phone in a decal to make it less slippery, but at that point you’re still covering the look of the phone anyway.

Plus, due to the type of phone I have, I seem to require a particular case for reasons that other people don’t necessarily need. Ex: my phone case has this sort of ring attachment that is much smaller than a pop socket that has become essential for me. I don’t have a way to attach it to my phone directly.

Jerboa was the first app I tried when there were essentially no other Lemmy apps. It worked ok in the very beginning, but then went horribly jank and turned into an almost unusable, buggy mess. Voyager was being developed at the time (then wefwef) and switching to it was like a breath of fresh air. It actually just freaking worked and wasn’t a glitchy mess as opposed to the other apps in development at the time.

If Jerboa has improved a lot since then, then that’s great! But I’d wager that I’m probably not the only one who was deeply turned off by this during its nearly broken phase of development. Voyager just worked and continues to just work, so I haven’t had any reason to try to switch back.

Voyager is a fantastic experience imo. I tried other clients like Jerboa and a couple others I can’t remember the names of. The others were always a buggy mess whereas Voyager actually just worked. Dunno if the other apps eventually improved, but I wasn’t personally keen on sticking around through their significant growing pains when Voyager already existed.

I agree. I laughed at these phones long ago for many different reasons…one of them being the hideous crease.

The thing is that the crease is super noticeable to observers, but it essentially disappears when looking at it head on unless you’re in like bright sunlight or something. Angles are so important here. So I see why non folding phone users balk at the crease…it’s so prominent to them! Actually using it is a different story that you don’t realize until you hold one in your hand yourself!

Idk…glass has downsides too. You drop it and it can shatter. I remember when glass on phones first got big and I saw shattered iPhones everywhere. My brother’s iPhone has shattered back glass.

Still to this day, I kind of wish plastic would make a come back in phones. For some reason every phone nowadays has to be coated in glass on all sides to feel more premium for some reason. Even the backside of the phone has it on devices now. It’s odd to me. Plastic housing is just so much more durable.

I’ve been using my current foldable for 1.5 years and the inner screen is flawless. There are absolutely zero scratches. I wouldn’t say I baby the thing at all, although I also don’t use it like a gorilla. I just use it like a normal phone except I use some common sense things. Probably one of the biggest is just not having the soft screen exposed and unfolded while in a pocket or bag. I fold it up before I put it in a pocket.

Remember when we didn’t put cases on phones? I kind of wish that trend would come back. Some phones are absolutely gorgeous and slapping an ugly case on it just ruins it.

One of the problems is that phones are so goddamn thin and slippery nowadays that it’s hard to grip them without.

I see what you mean. I personally found the camera bump design they have on the Pixels pretty ugly tbh.

In general, whenever a phone has a huge camera bump, it seems to essentially require that you put a case on it. Otherwise it rocks all over the place when you try to lay it flat. Idk.

I mean, there are still multiple large and/or long standing instances out there. It’s not like there is only a single one of them. I would just generally encourage people to utilize those instead. And if they choose a smaller instance that they should be aware of the risks.