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by brokencode
219 days ago
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I recognized the reference. I just don’t think it applies here. The iPhone antenna issue was a design flaw. It’s not reasonable to tell people to hold a phone in a certain way. Most phones are built without a similar flaw. LLMs are of course nondeterministic. That doesn’t mean they can’t be useful tools. And there isn’t a clear solution similar to how there was a clear solution to the iPhone problem. |
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You are technically correct: it was a design flaw.
But folks usually incorrectly trot it out as an example of a manufacturer who arrogantly blamed users for a major product flaw.
The reality is that that essentially nobody experienced this issue in real life. The problem disappeared as long as you used a cell phone case. Which is how 99.99% of people use their phones. To experience the issue in real life you had to use the phone "naked", hold it a certain way, and have slightly spotty reception to begin with.
So when people incorrectly trot this one out I can just ignore the rest of what they're saying...