Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?

On 2025-06-25 08:52:46 +0000, R.Wieser said:

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 and soldering everything down.

 *What else* should they have done ?   And if you think you have the answer, do you think their phones would stay as thin as they now do ?
 IOW, try to consider *both* sides of an/that equation please.

It is another example of the company deciding what they *think* users want. Very few people probably want an even thinner mobile phone, yet the next one is rumoured to be thinner again ... the queue for "bendgate 2" is starting over there  ->   :-p

The main cause of so-called "inflation" is the ever-increasing pay packet given to the morons in management.

 Do you think that the cost of the components and stuff related to actual manufacturing and the wages of all the people related to manufacturers stays static ?  I hope you don't.

They aren't, but it is mainly the management that benefits. The actual workers might get a measley 2% wage increase while the management gets 10% plus extra perks.
These increases then cause the company to have to increase the product price, which in turn means the customer needs a wage increase from their company to be able to buy things ... and the snowball laughing called "inflation" keeps gaining more and more layers. Most of it is artificial nonsense created by greedy people wanting more money for themselves, and you don't get more greedy than management, who are already massively overpaid for doing little actually useful.

And yes, I can see the gigantic ammounts of money (compared to my own income) the upper echelons get (stipulated by contracts* agreed to by the people who *actually* own the company (by way of shares) ), but I also know that producing a *lot* of something also means that they earn a *lot* of money.
 * You reach a certain (sales?) goal, you get rewarded.   It pushes the "morons in management" to actually work. :-)

Those "rewards" are the same as commission selling, and it just makes greedy morons even greedier. As above, it's the morons in management who are usually the greediest.

Most people are willing to pay a sensible price, but the reality is most companies (especially tech companies) gough the customer for as mush as they can thanks to the greedy stupidity of "supply and demand". :-(

 The "reality" is that people still keep paying the asked price, and do not just say No.

There is no choice, espceially when it comes to necessities like food.

You might think of companies as "greedy" (which, as mentioned, its in their charter) but buyers are absolutily stupid.   The "bling" factor reigns supreme. :-(
 And age doesn't seem to be a factor.   Kids who will "literally die" when they don't get the latest nike sneakers and/or footbal cap to the "la coste" shirts (with the crocodile on it) to adults who buy *very* expensive houses, cars, boats that they do not actually need.

I already know that the human race is essentially incredibly stupid. I worked that out way back in junior school!  :-p

What the morons in management rarely understand is that if the product was cheaper, more people would likely buy it ... rather than selling less product at a higher price.

 :-)  The larger companies have rooms full of bean-counters who's only job it is to figure stuff out like that.  If the second one would actually result in more money *with a comparable risk* than they would do it in a heartbeat.
 Than again, the whole company culture of the higher management getting rewarded for reaching certain sales (read: money) goals it could throw a wrench into the "comparable risk" part.  And ofcourse the already existing contracts.  Don't forget about them.

Again, like wage increases, those "rewards" have to be paid for ... and they get paid for by goughing the customer for even more.
And that's not including the incredible waste of company money that goes on. Where my mother works is moving their company offices to two floors up in the same building. They are throwing out and giving away tons of stuff (desks, chairs, book cases, lunchroom cutlery and dishes, etc.) and buying all new stuff ... yet again, paid for by goughing the customer and increasing so-called "inflation" by another snowballing layer.