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by tluyben2 4668 days ago
A lot of people did and still do. And that was actually quite 'hard' because you had to touch micro electronics. If you make PCs (phones, laptops) out of Lego, people will do it much faster and more often. Going to a gig? Pull out the bluetooth, plug in the midi block. Going on the road in 2 countries? Pull an USB block, plug in a second 4G. Etc.

Edit; not saying this is a good idea for a phone, but to some extend it would be for a laptop (not ultrabook). Some rugged ones are quite like that.
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pjc50 4668 days ago
Or buy the integrated phone that includes all of those features and doesn't make you swap them out and risk losing or damaging the blocks.

Modularity often ends up being a _cost_ to the unsophisticated majority of end users. People don't like it in their software (preferring a "complete solution"), nor in their hardware (e.g. cheap integrated hifi versus expensive minority separates).

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tluyben2 4668 days ago
But these kind of things are thought up by a minority of technically minded people who;

- like to change/tinker with their hardware - like to change/tinker with their software - like products which do one thing and do it well

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