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by bigstrat2003 120 days ago
> Like 80% of the world is smartphone-only

Ok, but you still can't get actual work done on a smartphone with any efficiency.

> In my (wealthy, Boston area) suburb most high school students do all their work - including writing multi-page papers - entirely on their phone. They think laptops are for old people.

Kids are stupid. We were stupid when we were their age too. They will learn eventually that to get serious work done, you need an actual computer.

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I know multiple successful business owners who don't have laptops and run everything off their phone, or at most an iPad. I personally need a laptop to be useful, but it's a mistake to think that just because that's true for you, it extends to everyone else.
People are used to it, yes, but I’m still not sure about the efficiency. Even screen size makes a real difference when you want to see more data on one screen or switch between windows quickly to compare sources