Man, the smartphone market is such a racket. Offer people a spying brick of silicon that they don't truly own, give them all sorts of addictive properties that they justify as "convenience", then stop supporting the OS within a couple years so that they either have to spend $300+ on a new phone every few years or risk both security and incompatibility.
Oh, and that's not mentioning the fact that the majority of phones don't even let you use a custom ROM (further contributing toward the lack of ownership) and unless you use something like Tracfone, you're tied to a KYCed phone subscription that makes it hard to cancel, switch or even afford.
There's a reason why I put off using a smartphone until two years ago, when I was basically forced to get one. I really wish I could go back. PCs and laptops are so much better.
#smartphone #SundayThoughts #rant
