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by Antibabelic 219 days ago
> Maps, messenger, banking app, taking/viewing photos, web browser, listening to audio (music, podcasts, audiobooks), taxi app, calendar/reminders

That's not really "little". Back in the day computers could only do a fraction of this. Today you have it all in your pocket
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Almondsetat 219 days ago
Everything on that list could be done 30 years ago with an internet connection, except maybe online maps. Do not confuse functionalities with how much modern GUIs weigh things down
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Antibabelic 219 days ago
By "back in the day" I was thinking more IBM PC era, rather than Windows 95 era. I agree that there's almost no qualitative difference between how personal computing was done 30 years ago and now.
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