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IMHO there's two kinds of laws:
1) Laws who impose restrictions for the greater good
- vacuumers with maximum wattage, as 3 kilowatt plus is utter nonsense
- Waste from Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) regulations
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2) Laws who are just beneficial for a small party like the one you described
If you CHOOSE to buy a slim product, it's your CHOICE.
No one forces you to buy one. Except yourself.
So no, these kind of laws make no sense at all. -
@IntrusionCM it's not exactly a choice, just like it's not a choice anymore to get a small sized smartphone. Because all the shoving of large slim phones just made smaller phones nonexistent. I can see how laptops could devolve in the same manner of consumers continue to just endure "small inconveniences", as they always do.
All consumers usually do is basically the "it's fine" meme: just accepting the state and trends as inevitable. -
@iiii imho that's a grave exaggeration. There are a lot of alternatives still around... If you look for them.
Regarding smartphones: The number of device manufacturers is *not* Samsung or Apple, like some people seem to reduce it to that point. There are a lot more. (Not implying that you belong to this group of people)
Same for laptops. IMHO the slim era is already dead. Yes there are some brands who still do slime books... But that's really a small segment of the whole market. -
@IntrusionCM they are around now, but not exactly in the future
And regarding smartphones, I've literally searched the whole GSMarena database, and the only small phones are either old as fuck or some cheap and crappy noname indian and Chinese brands. There are only like 2-3 relatively recent non-crappy models but they are all "flagships" so cost an arm and a leg. -
@aviophile a USB Hub does too, pick your poison.
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@iiii yeah. iphone SE is a great phone. Small size, easy to handle.
Unfortunately everyone assumes big screen so most apps and websites look like ass on my phone.
Some ads cover my entire screen and I can't dismiss them.
But I'd rather that than getting a newer phone lol. -
@iceb yeah, I would have got an SE or a 6-8 if it was not an iphone.
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@iceb Steve Jobs probably turns around in his grave because the multiple sizes. According to him there was just a perfect size he mentioned in his book if I remember correctly
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@exerceo anti lobbyism would solve that problem....
While I agree that it should go faster, I'm glad that the EU at least tries. -
@thebiochemic but you won’t always need it. There are bluetooth versions of cabled keyboards
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@exerceo which can be done with a single cable over usb c adapter for all compatible devices. What’s your point?
Why are the fastest laptops always considered "gaming" laptops and look like fucking alien spaceships? 😩
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Ok now that's real ! My Laptop would probably be thinking same !
It needs to be outright illegal for laptops to have fewer than four USB ports.
If the purpose of law is to improve the quality of life, why not outlaw the time-consuming annoyance of laptops with few USB ports?
The purpose of laptops is portable computing. Depending on a USB hub makes it less portable.
If it was legally mandatory for laptops to have at least four USB ports, there would be no more competitive disadvantage for laptop vendors sacrificing unimportant slimness for important practicality.
And to the very few people who consider slim design more important than USB ports and who are going to whine online about the extra 3 millimetres of thickness: Sorry, life is unfair. Your preferences don't matter. Practicality is the purpose of computers. You are the reason laptops are ruined for the rest of us. Get lost.
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