this post was submitted on 07 May 2025
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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's not care. Its want. We don't want AI.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 hours ago

Speak for yourself.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (11 children)

FR I think more people actively dislike it, which is a form of care.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Depends on the implementation.

Just about everyone I know loves how iPhones can take a picture and readily identify a plant or animal. That's actually delightful. Some AI tech is great.

Now put an LLM chatbox where people expect a search box, and see what happens... yeah that shit sucks.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

It sucks at identification too

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Do they care? No! Will they push more AI? Yes! Will they listen to the consumers? I don't think so.
Same thing happens with lot of products over the years. Companies push new stuff that we don't want, and a year later becomes a regular thing! They push AI day by day, from websites AI chat help to in app AI assistant. Do consumers like it? No, but still you gonna find it everywhere! and now they push it in computers and looks what it happens! No sales!

Call me crazy, but at some point, they need to look at their data or their consumers and do the right thing.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago (5 children)

It's maddening that they did actually take away the headphone jack from all modern phones and there's nothing we can do about it even though it objectively sucks

[–] [email protected] 8 points 23 hours ago

most, Sony still has them

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But there's no space on the new thin phones.

STFU yes there is. Gimme my 3.5mm.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

"The perfect size of the screen is ((3.5 + (year - 2010) * 0.5)) inches."

STFU. Make phones small like iPhone 4 again.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

@V0ldek

Does anyone sell a case with a built-in USB DAC and 3.5mm jack?

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Microsoft pushing a feature that most users will never use or care about? Never!

Laughs in Window 8 optimized for touchscreens

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 1 day ago

Imagine that, a new fledgingly technology hamfistedly inserted into every part of the user experience, while offering meager functionality in exchange for the most aggressive data privacy invasion ever attempted on this scale, and no one likes it.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 day ago (13 children)

AI on phones peaked with MS Contana on W10 mobile circa 2014. "Remind me to jack off when I'm home". And it fucking did what i wanted. I didn't even have to say words, i could type it into a text box... it also worked offline.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Bad news for people who use google: they've removed the same feature, so their assistant is more useless than Cortana a decade ago (only a mild exaggeration)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 day ago

I imagine it’s paying a premium for issue

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago

I think people care.

They care so much they actively avoid them.

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