Fascinating.

That is pretty cool man.

Who dafuq downvoted this post.. animals

That lack of competing isn't because of price tho. The CCP has effectively convinced the population that Apple (US phones) are bad/untrustworthy, much like the US government has done regarding Huawei. There was a time when Apple had a decent (not great) marketshare in China.

Yeah, they're just slinging shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. There's no real thought put into anything these days. I'm very tired of the 'Form over Functionality' bs that's being hidden behind fancy marketing.

I'm not convinced. This company has purposely avoided OS updates because it's profitable to them. It causes people to buy their phones more frequently over a shorter period of time, thus offsetting the cheaper price they offer them at.

If this is true, I suspect we will see a noticeable increase of price on their phones and much less discounts.

It was a Lion King movie. Of course people paid to go see it. Box office profits (tickets sold) do not equate to an enjoyable film.

I've never heard of anyone IRL or online claim that film was worthy of their time.

We all got catfished on that one but I'm not surprised. You cannot remake a classic. It will work only 1 time out of 50. The odds are never good.

Jungle Book was an exception, imo.

No argument here. I agree completely on that. It is stupid. Complete waste of hardware.

Gez Z didn't grow up with watching movies. They grew up on social media. Cinematic story telling isn't something they're farmilur with as a form of daily entertainment.

I don't blame them for this. But it definitely shows in their work. Their own generation aren't interested in their stuff, by and large. Sure, there's some that watch and enjoy it but the audience they're putting this out to who are actually interested are older. And they see their work as it is - not as good as past efforts by generations before Gen Z.

It's why the film industry is drowning right now. There is an audience still there for film. But the majority of it isn't Gen Z. And that's the problem. There lies the disconnect.

If you want Gen Z attention and dollars, the film industry isn't where you should be aiming your sights at. Because they aren't the audience for film. Which obviously means, you should cater the film industry to the audience THAT IS ALREADY THERE.

And that ain't Gen Z...

Sounds on brand for Ron, tbh. I wouldn't look at him poorly over that, personally.

Riddick: Family

This. Guy is weird af in real life. I'm willing to ignore it all for 2 hours of another Riddick film is as good as the previous ones but I'm no fan of this guy anymore after some of the videos I've seen of his behavior off set.

Another actor that Hollywood just turned into a freak.

You know what, you're absolutely right and I'm way off.

Idk why that didn't click on my head. Nokia has been dead for ages.

Pretty neat. If for no other reason than "because I can".

Who keeps a Moto phone for more than 2 or 3 years anyway? These are disposable devices because of the lack of software support. You buy one, and have it recycled in 2 years. Rinse and repeat.

Nobody should be buying Motorola phones for a long term device,obviously.

This is so cool. Great job.

Underrated pic

Oh cry yourself a River. Ain't nobody entertaing this victimhood pitty party your pushing here.

Don't reply to me again, please.

Thanks man.

I'm about 20 or so 1/6 figs in

1/12 scale figures? Geez. In the hundreds, easily. Been collecting for 15+ years.

It's OK.

I don't blame people for their mistakes. I only ask that they learn from them.

(think I heard that from a movie or something)

I have a question.

Essentially nobody posts here, at least not anymore. Except me. Now, I no longer collect 1/12 scale figures. I have a metric fuck ton. That cost me a lot of money over the years. Mostly imports. But I've packed the majority of those things away with no plans of digging them out.

I don't think I should make this sub a 1/6 scale only figure photo shoot. But nobody else posts. But... that's what I collect now...

I'm considering maybe just stepping away from this place. But I've seen how just leaving it alone does. It's just.. A dead ass sub because nobody else posts.

My question:

Should I fuck right off for (apparently months) in hopes somebody else will engage with this place or just keep on keeping on?

I'd like to see this sub liven up but I feel like a big dummy for being one of, if not the only person adding content, even if some ain't feeling it.

Thoughts?

(something tells me, to not expect replies lol)

Cheers.

The meme and the title is insulting.

You could have just stated a post with something like:

I personally think the 3A is the best phone ever to this day, what's yours? The replies would be in the 20s by now.

Instead, you used a decade old meme that DARES you to engage with the topic. Again, insulting.

This your post declaring you thinking the 3A is the GOAT.

The "change my mind" part of the meme is bait.

I'm perfectly happy watching you squirm.

Nah. Enjoy your fantasy. Let us know how it goes.

Edit: is this opinion based on the size of the phone?

I am not nieve enough to buy into this. The data will be harvested with or without consent. This is a nothing burger.

Oh please. As if Nokia in it's current state for the past decade+ has offered anything in the way of a useful smartphone to the masses.

Someone was gonna aquire them. That was inevitable.

I fail to understand how that information is essential to the topic at hand. The device could be MAXED OUT on specs, nerds will always cry about software support. And 3 yrs isn't enough to them.

Now yall can downvote all ya'd like. But you know I'm speaking the truth. There is no amount of hardware that will get American nerds to accept anything less that what Samsung or Google offer for software support.

I can prove this extremely easily. Anyone could.

You're not getting Samsung or Google software support unless you buy Samsung or Google phone. You can just apply this to pretty much every Android phone that isn’t made by those two.

So basically every phone that isn't made by Samsung or Google will never be considered to the majority of techies and phone nerds.

This sub is kinda shit because of low effort posts like this.

Revanced continued the Vanced project.

https://lemmy.world/c/revanced

I feel bad for folks that actually use the stock app. There are so many better alternatives to that garbage.

Many thanks. I'll check it out.

All these updates and they let this get by. That's pretty ridiculous.

Want it or not, you're gonna get it. The industry is going balls deep with it and I doubt AI phones are even the tip of the iceberg. They're gonna use the shit in everything.

Really don't give a shit. I've lived without lockscreen widgets for so long I would never use them at this point.

To those that want them: This is unfortunate.

Ngl, this looks really nice.

Options are good.

Correct. But it doesn't change the fact that 7.0 absolutely resembles iOS. They continue ruining the drop down panel with each subsequent OS update.

That's the problem. It looks exactly like what it is. A shitty Apple clone in terms of UI. Not all of it but enough that you can't ignore.

Ain't nobody with knowledge of how Google hardware is about to be a first beta tester for this. That's my opinion, anyway.