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by b112 1906 days ago
What really got me, was how much people I showed the Priv to, and the slide out keyboard loved it.

An example, I was on a plane. Guy next to me, a Canadian, had never heard of or seen the Priv, and had a Samsung.

When he saw me scrolling a webpage up and down with the touchpad/hardware keyboard, use it for gestures, then type with swipe completion via the hardware keyboard, and keep a full screen, he immediately wanted one.

I had to tell him the last security update was 2 months ago, and it looked like the end of line.

How many people didn't even know? I wonder that, to this day.

Further to that, phone purchase cycles are often 3 or 4 years. They gave it no chance IMO.