New gadgets sales are down, is it any surprise why?

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@TheSimArchitect Жыл бұрын

You always make good points. Why can't we do something about it? Why can't you start a business that manufacture devices that aren't misleading and devolving? Can we crowd fund something? Compete? Fix the world?

@rossmanngroup Жыл бұрын

Need a few hundred million dollars of someone else's money. I couldn't even get loans for my own repair business back in the day for $20k-ish. This is for someone else to do who has that talent. And fundraising is a talent. I lack that talent. I fail there, big-time. The reality is that a lot of the stuff we have come to take for granted that just functionally works in modern devices took a long time to achieve and you would essentially have to start from scratch on many of those things with a new business making these devices. That's expensive as hell

@craigslist6988 Жыл бұрын

@@rossmanngroup I'm sure the crowd funding is there but I'm also fairly sure there are global politics involved in manufacturing phones. As soon as you become capable some government agency shows up with a threat of lifetime imprisonment if you don't silently remove features and implement back doors. It's very tinfoil hat but let's also be real that there's zero chance the lack of phone competition is natural. Could also come down to supply lines... can't make a phone if your order of a hundred thousand CPUs gets 'delayed' for two years while all the major competition gets millions of them.

@TheSimArchitect Жыл бұрын

You make excellent points and you clearly care. There has to be a way for us to do something. It's not about money, it's about the insane way things seem to be set up. There HAS to be a logic solution. There's still enough freedom. We need to find a way to use it before it's too late. Please, let's all brain storm something or we'll lose.@@rossmanngroup

@BargerClan Жыл бұрын

Plus we are in a recession so people are keeping your old phones like me plan on replacing my almost dead phone battery.

@vincenthamel3420 Жыл бұрын

Because for every sensible customer like Louis or you, there's 200 regular joe/jane who are still super excited about the new iphone because it's the new iphone. those regular people don't know/care about SSD, if it's soldered or not, they don't have privacy concern and don't have any technical knowledge... but they know there's a new shiny thing in town.

@enkiimuto1041 Жыл бұрын

Companies take away after watching this video: WE SHOULD MAKE THE OLD ONES NOT WORK, THEN!

@MStrong95 Жыл бұрын

Isn't it informative and unfortunate that we as customers think of something like this and assume that companies would actually behave in such an abusive manner? Call me crazy but I'm starting to wonder if the new conspiracy theory is what companies are planning and have already engineered that will make planned obsolescence even worse than ever before

@sihamhamda47 Жыл бұрын

Instant flashback to the past moment when Apple were caught slowing down older iPhone models via iOS update

@zaki_fl Жыл бұрын

don't give them fucking ideas

@FX_A12 Жыл бұрын

@@sihamhamda47They're still basically doing it by adding a shit ton of "features" that nobody uses but that will be constantly running in the background tanking battery life and performance. And they can not be accused of slowing their phones down in this way either because these are considered to be features and 1% of all buyers will use them someday

@Mernom Жыл бұрын

@@MStrong95it is not wrong to see a pattern in the way they treat us, and useing it to predict future actions. Had they treated their costumers fairly, we wouldn't be in this situation.

@test-rj2vl Жыл бұрын

The reason for reducing local storage is to push you to cloud storage so that they can scan and index your content to teach their AI models and to fulfill their contracts with 3 letter agencies.

@aesoundforge Жыл бұрын

Nailed it...

@headbangerdnb Жыл бұрын

Exactly this. I refuse to use cloud services (outside of work) or AI services, like ChatGPT.

@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit Жыл бұрын

True steel

@kahnfatman Жыл бұрын

@@headbangerdnb I never send a single message to C**GP*

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

Not to mention to spy and censor ppl.

@swagmuffin9000 Жыл бұрын

I remember when smartphones started coming out. It was really cool seeing how much you could do with them. It really seemed limitless at the time. Now it seems like the only thing we can say about them is how limited they have become

@p0358 Жыл бұрын

Yeah and I remember manufacturers were racing to keep adding new stuff. Double SIM cards, triple! Models with bigger batteries, sturdier cases, something for every use-case. Even IR blasters to control your multimedia, actually very useful. And now? Generation by generation they’re just worse in almost everything and yet cost more and more. Oh sorry, the only thing that’s increased is having 6 cameras in one device for whatever reason...

@javianbrown8627 Жыл бұрын

Remember when companies would cram everything but the kitchen sink into their phones in order to one up each other? Now it's who can remove the most features, charge more and get away with it

@stephenramos2824 Жыл бұрын

They really bell curved at some point.

@planetary-rendez-vous Жыл бұрын

@@p0358Poco still have the funny IR blaster and ngl it's useful in videoconferencing

@blaz7678 Жыл бұрын

They are starting to show how limited they are for a variety of reasons... Part of the appeal was that you could have basically all forms of computation in one device. You can call, surf the web, use apps, game, even do some work tasks all in the same device. The problem is that we are starting to realize that while smartphones are able to do everything, there are very few things that they can actually do better than more focused devices. So companies have started investing in diversified gadgets and things to lure your attention and make you buy more tech stuff that will go down the sink in a couple years

@Scoots1994 Жыл бұрын

I hate that microsd cards and replaceable batteries were removed from phones in general.

@NielsC68 Жыл бұрын

@@Shukanto1768 Shiftphone has those features plus easy to repair.

@RamsesTheFourth Жыл бұрын

@@Shukanto1768 Maybe the "flagships" but the cheap phones stil have all.

@Scoots1994 Жыл бұрын

@@Shukanto1768 true, but that one less.

@cheesecurd100s Жыл бұрын

I really miss my galaxy s5 active. Waterproof and removable battery. I could bring 3 or 4 batteries on a trip and never once have to worry about charging

@ianbelletti6241 Жыл бұрын

Micro SD cards made it so easy to swap your photos and contacts to the next phone without worrying about companies violating your privacy. User swappable batteries beat the giant backup batteries that many of us carry today.

@irithylloldman6526 Жыл бұрын

The reason sales are down might also be linked to the fact that the refurbished market is raising. As the cost of life in general increases, people buy less new devices and opt for second hand, cheaper ones. THIS IS GOOD AND WE SHOULD KEEP DOING IT

@avcat1209 Жыл бұрын

This ☝️. I am not a hard core enviro dude, but I definitely wish we would eliminate e-waste. Plus refurb also let's us all save money too. Kind of a double win.

@Seasniffer1969 Жыл бұрын

I've been buying refurbished for the last 6 years lol. My S10+ was my first refurbished purchase and it remained flawless until it was a better investment to buy a new refurbished phone vs fixing my cracked screen. Refurbished galaxy active 2 watch Refurbished watch 4 classic Refurbished 10+ Refurbished s23 ultra. All still 100% and I get a no questions replacement warranty for like 10 bucks for 3 yrs

@JoseVasquez-vj3lo Жыл бұрын

It's not just cost of living... It's the quality of the product. I have a Note Ultra 5G. I had a small crack on the screen. I thought about buying a new phone. I took a look at S23 ultra or S22 ultra. And while I was looking at them... I told to myself... "What's the difference?" They look basically the same! I still have 100x zoom, decent CPU, and all that. Like... Sure in theory these new cpu are "faster" but honestly, can you actually tell the difference? 🤔 The only real improvement I see is more storage (but would you imagine... Note 20 has micro SD card...) And a new phone = new battery since mine has degraded over these past 3 years. But be honest with yourself. The difference nowadays between phones are minimal. They make no sense that on the refurbished market, a basically new Note Ultra 5G with new battery and in what to the naked eye is a new phone cost $400-$500 USD whole a S23 Ultra cost more than $1000 dollars. And what would I get? 🤔 I'm not sure. They are basically the same phone. A 0.1 second faster ain't gonna destroy my day. A 0.1% better camera isn't going to destroy my day. And a battery I can always just get it replaced. That is what is killing the new phone market. They are all the same. And a used 2020 Note 20 ultra is a fantastic phone.

@laurencefraser Жыл бұрын

@@JoseVasquez-vj3lo most of the time 'faster' just means 'won't slow to a crawl trying to run the newer, more bloted software that isn't actually any better than what you were using before anyway', while Strorage and RAM make more difference in terms of what you can and cannot actually run.

@sergeiepatov7683 Жыл бұрын

@@avcat1209 I am a seasoned enviro dude, but still not a hardcore, and I want to say that 10-11 y.o. laptops combined with well-tuned Linux run amazingly. With compressed BTRFS it is possible to fit rather beefy Arch installations, with couple of browsers, Office, GIMP-Inkscape-Krita, Blender, Telegram, VLC, Anydesk, in 5 gigs of storage. I haven't seen this efficiency since late 00s in Windows or Mac camp. Perfect fit for Chromebooks or Chinese netbooks w/ 64GB eMMC.

@isaacsteen4828 Жыл бұрын

The consumer mentality that you describe in this video is very accurate. My choice of phone (a refurbished Galaxy s10e) was decided on because current phone offerings are too expensive and don't have the features that I want. They're too big, don't have microSD slots, usually don't have headphone jacks, and cost more than I make in a week. I wonder when companies are going to get this through their head, I'll buy a new product when it starts being better than their old products

@planetary-rendez-vous Жыл бұрын

I think cheap poco phones do have all the things you listed but there are tradeoff.

@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 Жыл бұрын

Xiaomi Pocophones are among the best new phones on the market right now. Cheap, lots of internal storage, high resolution, high color fidelity, high refresh rate, decent sized IPS panels, external microSD, headphone jack and dual SIM support, run custom ROMs great, doesn't get sabotaged by planned obsolescence, and makes a decent gaming phone to boot. About the only con I have with these devices is that the USB-C port only supports USB 2.0 speeds. Their internal QA test app has incorporated USB 3 and alt-mode tests recently though, so that may change in a few years. It's a shame the US misses out on their offerings because they just can't help themselves and had to wage economic warfare with China. As an outsider looking in, the US government & media projects so hard on the chinese it's insane. Takes a devil to know one, I guess.

@isaacsteen4828 Жыл бұрын

@@3lH4ck3rC0mf0r7 Yeah, I'd probably go for their stuff if it was offered in the US

@sanosuke2999 Жыл бұрын

The trillion dollars in consumer credit card debt might also have something to do with people spending less on luxuries.

@remyllebeau77 Жыл бұрын

And the democrats creating skyrocketing inflation.

@nunyabidness3075 Жыл бұрын

And the $700 per month the average household has seen their costs rise since 2021.

@weird-guy Жыл бұрын

Smartphone and laptops/pc are like appliances now you only buy one when the old one breaks

@chitlitlah Жыл бұрын

Americans have been deep in credit card debt for decades and it never stopped anyone from buying the newest gadgets.

@ZombieBarioth Жыл бұрын

@@Bonanzaking People still aren't buying them expecting to replace them every other year, they do so because "you get what you pay for", supposedly. Those who do obviously aren't struggling financially, certainly not to where they'd be complaining on Reddit. Also on that note, people are apparently catching on and replacing their appliances with older models too.

@dazley8021 Жыл бұрын

Cloudstorage is an absolute data goldmine, they wont give that up, they rather push updates to the old phones that soft-brick them, then to give up cloud.

@sihamhamda47 Жыл бұрын

They scan the files regularly to check if the file contents are against their rules or not. And if it does, you are at risk to lose your account and all your cloud files

@Scriptorsilentum Жыл бұрын

@@sihamhamda47 you mean i pay these people for cloud storage and they have the right to examine my files/data and determine if it's up to their standards of w/e. if not, they delete it...? isn't there some sort of laws surrounding digital privacy to which these aholes MUST comply?

@clockworkvanhellsing372 Жыл бұрын

It's akso a great way to sell expensive data plans. A 1080p30fps video is ~21MB per second. You can blow through a large dataplan quite fast, if everything you watch and record goes through the mobile connection. Edit: 21 mbps = ~2,5 MBps

@mjc0961 Жыл бұрын

@@GH0STST4RSCR34M Or a great way to get your nudes leaked. No idea why people are letting their nudes upload to a cloud in the first place, but hey, "you do you" as they say

@JH-pt6ih Жыл бұрын

And maybe even more of a goldmine in the future. I've been following the idea of an upcoming "data apocalypse" or "datapocolypse" for a while and all the companies offering cloud storage started to make more sense - and if the datapocolypse comes around 2025 or so you can bet the cloud services will be more difficult to switch away from by design as well as programs that will pull people away from smaller cloud services as a means of consolidation. Now we have AI art generators coming on board and they are only going to be driving up the need for and cost of storage.

@JohnS-il1dr Жыл бұрын

This applies to new cars as well. They no longer make cars that are easier for the DIY. Cars were more dependable between mid 90's up to 2005.

@All_Amin Жыл бұрын

Yup, my 2011 Ford Escape went 600k miles, can’t expect the same for a 2022 Ford Escape

@CRAPO2011 Жыл бұрын

Duratec v6? Cnat be a hybrid

@randomvideosn0where Жыл бұрын

It depends what car you had got. My 2010 Yaris is still basic with double DIN stereo, no power locks, no power windows, no fake electric EMERGENCY brake, no slow power seat, no stupid capacitive touch buttons for the heat, no electronic dash cluster, etc. Cars really became messed up when the government mandated backup cameras, so even the smallest cheapest cars now have GPS tracking iPads glued to the dashboard

@CRAPO2011 Жыл бұрын

@@randomvideosn0where Double din used to be considered premium haha. If people want a simple car get a new 4runner those things are still super simple

@randomvideosn0where Жыл бұрын

@@CRAPO2011 not really. They have some big physical buttons but they still have the stupid screen and computers all over controlling drive mode etc

@lukeforce123 Жыл бұрын

Midrange phones are the way to go. You get a headphone jack, ir blaster, unlockable bootloader, potentially even a micro sd slot. Only the camera is usually a bit of a downgrade but the majority of people don't need the best camera for everyday use.

@GetsugaTensho85 Жыл бұрын

SAMSUNG A24 here, got this thing brand new for a laughable 250€. Got an SD card slot, got aux, got two SIM card slots, pretty good cameras, and the lovely USB-c3 which is the prime reason of why I decided to buy a new phone in the first place, micro usb can burn in hell. I just love to see people being superficial idiots with 1500€ phones that ain't got half this shit.

@gustavofigueiredo1798 Жыл бұрын

Completely agree! But IR blaster? I haven't seen it in a long time... Which company is doing it?

@blaingunter Жыл бұрын

I miss my IR blasters so much, what phones offer it these days?

@GetsugaTensho85 Жыл бұрын

@@blaingunter Mostly Chinese phones, they're not worth it. You can get the IR attachments pretty cheaply as far as I've seen.

@craigslist6988 Жыл бұрын

hate to upvote these because I have been enjoying the mid tier market at 80% of flagship performance for 20% the cost for many years. But it looks like the secret is out, hopefully prices don't rise too much.

@Lillyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

The fact that the brand new $200 dolllar Samsung A14 HAS AN SD SLOT, yet the $1199 S23 ULTRA does not (but does have a free trial offer to samsung cloud during setup) should tell you exactly what they think about their most profitable customers.

@Chrisicola Жыл бұрын

Wow, that is some straight BS

@Victor-vj5ds Жыл бұрын

The 500gb of storage is not enough? If it gets filled up with images and videos you move those files to a computer or something more permanent because they will be gone if you lose your phone.

@Lillyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy Жыл бұрын

@@Victor-vj5ds that’s not the point. If I’m paying one thousand, two hundred dollars for a 6x4 inch electronic box, that mf better have all the options I could want and then some. I will not support a company that employs the tactic of intentionally shamefully, short sightedly money grabbing from the most loyal, most profitable customers in the sleaziest of ways. Take away the stupid s pen that I never use, but fuck with my ability to have as much crap on my powerhouse device as I want, you ain’t getting my cash.

@LAMG059 Жыл бұрын

@@Victor-vj5dsmoron spotted

@somebitchfromluckystar Жыл бұрын

@@Victor-vj5dsUncompressed files have become exponentially larger over time. 500gbs of default storage is not an acceptable amount. Removing the option for a user to have local expandable storage to sell them a cloud service subscription in perpetuity is anti consumer. Local media backups are a pain in the ass to do with the fruit company because the lightning cable has excruciating slow transfer rates

@Ripperx121 Жыл бұрын

I would say being everything is double the price now. Groceries, Housing and utilities might have to do with sales that are down. That has a lot to do with it.

@luckybreak360 Жыл бұрын

U definitely have a point

@charlesmarshall2614 Жыл бұрын

When fuel prices go up, everything goes up. Bad policy = higher prices. Adding to this are the shady practices he points out in this video.

@douglasbrittain7018 Жыл бұрын

@@charlesmarshall2614and when fuel prices go down for whatever reason the prices of stuff stay the same. And when fuel prices go up the process repeats itself. They don’t want to adjust.

@ianhall6614 11 ай бұрын

@@douglasbrittain7018 Except fuel prices don't go down anymore

@douglasbrittain7018 11 ай бұрын

@@ianhall6614 It always goes in cycles. It may not go down a lot, but sometimes it does. All determined by supply and demand.

@greatestcait Жыл бұрын

I genuinely hate smartphones these days. They're removing features, obsessed with removing bezels (to the detriment of both aesthetics and the user experience by making the screens too big to use one handed), they keep making them bigger, keep making them less and less repairable, like, honestly I think I'm done buying new phones. Next time I need a phone I'll just an older model that's been refurbished.

@toshineon Жыл бұрын

Thank you for saying it! I've been feeling the exact same way about modern phones for a good few years at this point. And it doesn't help that almost all major companies keep copying each other's poor decisions, because god forbid we have any design or feature diversity in the industry.

@peekaboo1575 Жыл бұрын

It's the same with cars that are coming with more and more gizmos.

@MattyEngland Жыл бұрын

@@peekaboo1575Yeah 100%, I worked on a Mercedes the other day that had 52 electronic control modules in it. Complete insanity.

@kennethng9653 Жыл бұрын

Flagships nowadays in general feel shit in the hand

@BeingBelligerent Жыл бұрын

I'm with you on that. At this point, I might just switch back to a flip phone. Smartphone "features" are just a novelty at this point.

@EnriCherry Жыл бұрын

I remember back in the day when each time you got yourself a new device it was a significant upgrade (buttons replaced by touch screens, new cool apps, bigger storage, better cameras etc) and people were actually excited about it. Now it seems like we buy new devices because we're forced to. Kinda sad.

@safeandeffectivelol Жыл бұрын

Nobody is forced to buy anything new every 2 years. I kept my previous Galaxy S4 for 8 years until it was unusable. My current Galaxy S10 is almost 5 years old and I'm not even thinking about upgrading yet.

@sergeiepatov7683 Жыл бұрын

Forced? OnePlus 5, 2017 flagship phone, is still great and can run everything.

@dodo19923 Жыл бұрын

@@safeandeffectivelol People aren't buying new devices as much because the novelty has worn off. 10-15 years ago everything that came out was significantly better each time in some way whereas we're stagnating now and people are realizing that it's pointless buying new every 6 months for fuck all difference but the model number. It was inevitable that a slowdown would come at some point.

@samusaran7317 Жыл бұрын

@@safeandeffectivelol Why didn't you just replace the battery on your S4?

@safeandeffectivelol Жыл бұрын

@@sergeiepatov7683 I think it's Apple that breaks their phones with updates.

@zholud Жыл бұрын

The problem is that there are much more normies that would use whatever you force them to use (cloud storage) than people who care about privacy and/or notice the manipulation scheme. So no, these companies have calculated that it is more profitable to solder 128GB storage and force you to upload your stuff for inspection AND also pay for it 😊

@craigmurrayauthor Жыл бұрын

All companies from cell phones to cars and everything in between are now designed totally by accountants. Companies just keep making cheaper and cheaper and offering less and less and expecting us to be excited for that.

@craigslist6988 Жыл бұрын

lol accountants? No, dbag C suite executives. All jerking each other off at the yacht club, drinking the 'information economy' koolaid and laughing about all the ways they've found to make more money off people at the cost of quality of life and privacy. Accoutants just count their ill gotten gains... and they're only paid slightly better than most because it's risky to pay someone pennies when they can literally see the numbers of your company raking in billions.

@sylviam6535 Жыл бұрын

Pretty much everything in the western world is getting worse, I am becoming more and more certain that this is by design.

@sylviam6535 Жыл бұрын

@@Bonanzaking- I just saw a video about a couple buying an Italian house that is over 1000 years old and still structurally sound. Do you think current houses will last that long?

@DrumToTheBassWoop Жыл бұрын

As an accountant now leaving the profession, I agree with this statement. They should not be dictating inside companies.

@cap871 Жыл бұрын

@@DrumToTheBassWoop and truly my friend I do not mean this as any insult against any accountant. You folks do a very important job but you should not be dictating design lol. That would be like me dictating accounting policy, the best I could come up with is, make numbers good make sense

@AhmedAljazwi Жыл бұрын

I was developing many things for Android back in the day, it was 2014 the peak of custom Android phones, but now I've lost passion because companies are locking doors one after the other, starting from locking bootloaders to remove the open-source code. It's really sad how they try to lock you in a cell.

@LegolasD Жыл бұрын

Headphone jack, removable battery, SD card, IR remote yes I could change channels and remote a lot of things with my phone, waterproof. I think they had these in the Samsung s4 or s5

@AhmedAljazwi Жыл бұрын

@@LegolasD Exactly! I still have my Galaxy S4 lol, I'm also starting to ditch high-end phones for medium specs, last week I bought a Xiaomi phone with headphone jack, IR blaster, expandable SD card, 256GB storage, 8GB ram, G96 processor and amoled screen for only 200$

@alxndrassies Жыл бұрын

Look at it from the positive side: You only need one phone, I've got my Fairphone and am just laughing at everybody else.

@trowawayacc Жыл бұрын

Guess we have to go back and make out own divices. If companies insist on locking shit up the market will demand an alternative.

@therealb888 Жыл бұрын

@@AhmedAljazwiXiaomi phones are a nightmare to unlock. They ask for registering a SIM. Wait for weeks & what not. Hell they even lockdown edl mode. Using a xiaomi phone without custom roms is a death sentence to your privacy.

@AlfredoElizondoLife Жыл бұрын

In addition to the points you mention, it's likely that due to the recession, people are allocating their money towards more essential expenses, rather than non-essential tech upgrades that don't bring significant improvements.

@cb2000a Жыл бұрын

Note 4=removable battery, sd card slot, headphone jack, UV sensor, super light non-breakable back, wider screen in portrait mode (Note 1 was even better) making it easier to type on, when you turned the phone on it actually was all the way on unlike today's S21 and newer. My S21 has less features than my Note 4. Yes, we are gong backwards.

@gqqggq7127 Жыл бұрын

Note 4 still the GOAT when it came to features and functionality. I keep it on my shelf as a reminder.

@xedrickOG Жыл бұрын

you forgot the ir blaster too

@TabalugaDragon Жыл бұрын

My Galaxy M31 has almost all of these features. Plus a very large 6000 Mah battery.

@edmundssondors3738 Жыл бұрын

I still have my Note2! Loved that phone! The only reason I got Note8 is because I installed the Ring camera, and Note 2 was to dumb to talk to the Ring camera. Still using Note 8! Never upgrade anything what they recommended! Only if something is supper necessary.

@losfromla1480 Жыл бұрын

Your mistake was buying a ring camera. Now Amazon owns you.

@slaphead90 Жыл бұрын

I'm still running an iPhone 7 - it works absolutely fine, it just that Apple have decided it's no longer worthy of iOS updates, which is honestly the most blatant form of planned obsolescence.

@vulture4117 Жыл бұрын

Can't believe it lost the headphone jack 7 years ago

@jmanakajosh9354 Жыл бұрын

That phone is not compatible with 5G, which if you live in a rural area is fine, but if you live in a city within the next 2-3 years you may have reduced call and data quality as you compete with everyone else who didn't upgrade but wants to use high bandwidth. Although waiting might still be a good idea bc who knows we might get 6G very soon.

@snex000 Жыл бұрын

@@jmanakajosh9354Why would data for LTE users get worse when fewer people are using it?

@thefilmdirector1 Жыл бұрын

@@jmanakajosh9354 My plan is 3g, couldnt care less about 5g, thats not an option anywhere within 6 hours of here, if thats their excuse for OS support dropping its piss poor.

@ImortalZeus13 Жыл бұрын

I’m running an 8 plus. It’s perfect for me. Aside from the battery clearly getting worse, I see no reason to upgrade phones.

@form4li7y Жыл бұрын

A couple of years ago I bought my first smartphone that wasn't a cheap pre paid. Did a lot of research, found one with a great camera, headphone jack, sd card slot, HDMI alt, one of the best snapdragon processors at the time. Given that phones are losing features instead of gaining them, I will keep this phone as long as possible.

@0blbe1 11 ай бұрын

may i ask what phone it was? Iv had a pixel for a while and im starting not to like it, mainly bc of the storage, i got it because of the camera

@budstep7361 Жыл бұрын

Couldn't agree more!!! Computers, phones, cars, and equipment are all going downhill due to non-useful "improvements" that prevent stuff from being repaired easily, plus bloated software that rats you out if you find your own way to fix the darn thing!

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

I’m not very knowledgeable when it comes to tech. I’ve got an iPhone8 have had it for years. I’m looking to get another phone. Considering everything that was said in this video and more. What is the best phone to switch to. What’s the best way to save my data? How can I download my data from the cloud to a memory storage in my possession? I’ve got a lot of pictures and stuff, I’m not sure what’s stored in my phone or in the cloud. This shit is so complicated and can be so expensive. Freedom, privacy, and security is what I’m looking for.

@zuzanazuscinova5209 Жыл бұрын

Add smart TVs to that

@DavidWiesiolek Жыл бұрын

Surprised you didnt even mention how much storage is wasted on the OS reducing how much you actually have. My s21 only has 128gb, and the storage tells me 28.3gb of that is taken up by system, and that number increases every update. So my phone that was advertised as having 128gb of storage really came with probably closer to 110, and now is down to 100gb that i can actually use.

@bulletpunch9317 Жыл бұрын

Two copies of the os for the seamless updates along with all the bloat.

@marcogenovesi8570 Жыл бұрын

Depends from the phone. iphones and Samsung do that, other Android usually don't

@RiversJ Жыл бұрын

Most corporates prefer to use frmaeworks/libraries for Everything they can to cut costs and it's become a way of life for some. Need a minor logging thingy, install a 100k line library for that one feature of it and not strip the assemblies, just a few weeks per year of optimizing the builds and compiler options would eat away 90% or More from most apps. It's ridiculous seeing somr simple bs app that does 2-3 things and not well even at that eat 300mb of storage when gamedevs csn stick entire pretty multichapter 3D games in 150mb or less with far more functional code and heavier resources included.

@bradhaines3142 Жыл бұрын

that debate has existed since the first devices. first off, its 128gb storage, total. they dont tell you thats all available. your car may be 12 feet long but that doesnt mean you have every inch as storage, they need part of that for it to function. maybe one day a company decides to put in some dedicated OS hardware, but that would cost a lot more money not just in hardware but in the software that talks to both chips. right now in android if you attach external storage it cant do some things, i wouldnt be suprised if they had to do some new things with the OS to recognize 2 seperate parts as internal instead of seeing the 'usable' part as external

@RicardoSantos-oz3uj Жыл бұрын

@@bradhaines3142Memory is cheaper than ever before. Is just that companies are greedier than ever before. A side effect of worshipping money as your god.

@mmingle57 Жыл бұрын

Louis thanks so much for fighting for Consumers!! This STUPID STORAGE Problem has been going on for YEARS!! I’ve been screaming about this GREEDY SELFISH PROBLEM for YEAR!! But NO ONE is listening!! Thanks!!

@eckhartpedersen3972 Жыл бұрын

I don't think the reason for dropping sales is consumers not *wanting* to buy new gadgets, it is because consumers have less money and need to be more concerning about what they spend their money on

@thegr8rambino Жыл бұрын

i think its both

@eckhartpedersen3972 Жыл бұрын

@@thegr8rambinoFair point, there are probably some people to whom this applies, but in my mind the large majority just has less money to spend.

@cariboudjan3576 Жыл бұрын

Also the culture is shifting from wanting to demonstrate wealth, to wanting to demonstrate thriftiness, Gen Z and young Millennials have accepted that wealth is not an attainable dream, and we have been disillusioned by Instagram and Promoters. We know it’s all a lie. Now we focus on being minimal, thrifty, re-using, improvising, and being off the radar. That means we care less about having the latest gadget - buying a used phone or holding onto your existing phone for as long as possible is now the cool thing to do.

@BrianGlaze Жыл бұрын

It's both

@paulie-g Жыл бұрын

I'd like to think the sheeple have woken up, smelled the coffee, and have voted with their wallets. Sadly, I think the soy-drinkers/baristas/congresswomen of the world have just run out of money to give to Apple. Expect new fundraisers on onlyfans

@personaldronerepair6141 Жыл бұрын

Good to see consumers taking back the power.

@Mernom Жыл бұрын

The word 'consumer' should be considered a slur. We are COSTUMERS.

@ThatOneArgentinianGamer Жыл бұрын

@@Mernom You mean "customer"?

@Kizarat Жыл бұрын

Calling ourselves and each other "consumers" is part of the problem.

@MustaphaMond-tt3pt Жыл бұрын

>apple consumers >power )))

@TheOtherBill Жыл бұрын

@@Mernom Only at Halloween.

@Shadowdash66X Жыл бұрын

Shopping for a new phone (upgrading from a note 9) and all im seeing is LESS and LES features. Why would anyone want to at this point? No headphone jacks, no SD card slots etc. You're paying premium pricess for less.

@metalgearfan9802 Жыл бұрын

It really feels like the insanely rapid innovation in tech we saw from the 80's, 90's and 2000's has come to a total standstill tbh.

@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit Жыл бұрын

90's-00's was the greatest time for tech it will never be like that ever again. Too much greed and too many bad actors with ill intent work for tech companies now

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@أفلاكالأفكار Жыл бұрын

For me, mid-2000s was peak internet. We had fast speeds on computers but phones weren't advanced enough to completely take over our lives. Plus it was a much freer place where you could have serious and meaningful discussions without constantly worried about being banned@@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit

@PimpMatt0 Жыл бұрын

@@FermentedGrumpyGrapeSqueezit Time to place some laws and make it illegal to refuse expandable storage. This is, afterall, worst for the climate. These tech companies pretend to care about climate change. Let's show them how much we actually care too.

@soarornor Жыл бұрын

Just like the audio/video industry. There used to be real competition for quality at all levels. Features, design, ease of use etc. Now it has become the blandest of industries. Big consumer stereo shops are long gone. The industry has been effectively gutted. But why not? Most people just want to stare at screens now. You can have a beautiful stereo system reproduced on your screen and you can stare at that.

@JamesTDG Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: cloud storage means nothing if you want to have a bunch of software on your phone. File sizes add up A LOT now.

@laurencefraser Жыл бұрын

@JimAllen-Persona Just... pay no attention to the cost of mobile data... after all, that's what the companies making the things do!

@stormveil Жыл бұрын

@JimAllen-PersonaSo like a website but with extra steps? 😂

@FreeSpeechXtremist Жыл бұрын

@@laurencefrasermobile data pretty much free in the UK £15 for unlimited data is the nice thing about a small country good cell coverage.

@compwiz00 Жыл бұрын

@@stormveil it's pretty amazing. It is all of the worst parts about websites combined with all of the worst parts of local software. I am struggling more every day to understand why there is any demand for this abomination.

@imperialus1 Жыл бұрын

Hell. Even in the PC space this is a thing. I was doing some video editing the other day. I've got 8TB of spinning platters in my PC along with 2TB of SSD space. Suddenly Windows starts loosing its shit because I've apparently maxed out my cloud storage. Well it turns out the software I was using was putting temp files of clips and the like in my documents, which Windows was trying to back up to Onedrive. Mucking about in 4K I very quickly hit the limit of my 'free' OneDrive space... I try to disable automatic backups for that particular folder. Windows tells me to fuck myself. I try to disable automatic backups for 'my documents'. Windows tells me fuck you, I'll delete the entire folder from your PC... How on Gods green earth does this make my life easier? They are temporary files. I do not need them backed up. I have zero need for them after I hit 'export video'. If anything is going to make me a Linux user, this is going to be it.

@EliHutchinson Жыл бұрын

Bruh the pre-video ad i got was for google pixel 8 having a feature to make sure youre okay by making you swipe "im ok" every now and then and if you miss it your emergency contacts get texted. I understand its for safety and that's fine and good... but how is this a marketing feature?!? *EDIT* after watching the video I'm stunned by the removal of the microSD card slot, shouldnt be surprised ig. But these anti-consumer practices seem to be past the tipping point people are willing to put up with, so i hope sales keep plummeting until something changes

@TomNook. Жыл бұрын

This is why you should not listen to 99% of tech companies regarding environmental responsibility. When you can't even replace components or have a 2 year security update support, they are basically saying they want us to buy again.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@ArmandtRoodt Жыл бұрын

I work for a small software development company. The majority of our team used MacOS. This year, I am literally the only one left with a MacBook (which is 4 years old). The rest have shifted to Ubuntu and Windows, depending on the project. I cannot justify the prices of the new MacBooks that have 16gb RAM, something that we need when running multiple VMs. I've already started building a replacement for my Macbook, as this will be my last Apple product. I really enjoy Mac OS, it is a lot more stable than ubuntu for example, but the hardware... the unservicable hardware spoils it for me. Have a good day folks.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@ArmandtRoodt Жыл бұрын

@@Zam432F I also still have an iPhone 8, I'm going to get an android once it finally dies, but I hope it lasts long enough that I can get a phone with a user replaceable battery. From your comment, I assume everything is currently in icloud. I would log in to the icloud website and download the photos and stuff from there to a local drive on the PC. In terms of security and privacy, I would recommend encrypting the backup medium that you are going to use, so if it is an external HD, use something like bitlocker to lock it (google for alternatives if you don't want to us MS software). Just remember that physical devices can get stolen or damaged, so keep multiple copies of your important backups. I personally use Microsoft OneDrive for my cloud backups, I am not anti-cloud per se, but be aware that there is no perfect solution. Everything has benefits and drawbacks.

@vladislavvelizanin5057 Жыл бұрын

Who cares if it's unserviceable? If you are a professional, you just see the device as a replaceable part in your inventory anyway and replace it every 3-4 years with a tax write off.

@Rncko Жыл бұрын

Same. I really envy Apple's OS and especially their display like... waow... such crystal fluid motion & 60 fps video looks like 120 fps on Apple screen. If it is just the premium price, I don't mind...... but their services for backward compatibility is just... SO TURNED OFF. I mean it makes me feel "One day when I boot this old iPad up for some reminiscent of wedding times & old days but it will auto shut down, locked up & asks me to get new one?"

@ArmandtRoodt Жыл бұрын

@@vladislavvelizanin5057 You have a good point, I'm just not sure if I trust the new hardware to last 3 years though. Most of my colleagues initially switched because they hate the way the new MacBook keyboard types compared to the 2015 model. Given the price of purchase, you can really shop around and get better bang for buck. Funny enough this MacBook I have now is my third one of the 2019 15" model. The first two had faulty motherboards and didn't even last for a week. Luckily replaced under warranty, but still disappointing for supposed "superior hardware".

@Princeton_James Жыл бұрын

Really good points. They take away things just to bring them back. The next expandable storage phone is going to be mind-blowing for the consumer. Also, many of these upgrades are so minor. Mainly under the hood upgrades. Slightly faster CPU and GPU. I recently compared my $150 Nord N30 to my Razr Plus and in many ways I liked the Nord better.

@Alabar3000 Жыл бұрын

I naively thought they removed sd card slots to force you to buy storage for outrageous prices. They just want you to rely on their cloud storage and keep paying them for the deficiency in their product...

@DarranKern Жыл бұрын

And so they can violate your privacy and sell your data

@culan_SCP Жыл бұрын

@@DarranKernand make us buy new products

@esaedvik Жыл бұрын

And people could just plug in their phones to their computers and copy data off the phone instead of paying for terabytes of cloud storage. Some new phones still have USB 2.0 though. Apparently Apple is planning for non-Pro iPhones to have that in their USB-C implementation too...Doubt any iPhone user connects their device to a computer.

@rashira9610 Жыл бұрын

It's both. Not only do they want you to pay for cloud storage, but they want you to pay extra for the exact same device just with a (slightly at worst moderately at best) bigger Flash chip for storage so you can store more in the device (after the OS, bloatware and other undeletable garbage eats half of the internal storage that is) BEFORE stating to rely on the paid cloud service. They're trying to double dip as much as possible. That's not even taking into account the "Pro" versions that might have a bigger screen and a little more RAM (but is otherwise the same spec wise) to justify the massive upcharge.

@m.l.9385 Жыл бұрын

Well I guess it is both...and Cloud storage won't even work in many instances - I have countless places where my connection is so weak and therefore cloud storage isn't a viable solution at all for me. Besides other issues with it… And again I won't buy a new and expensive 1st tier phone if it doesn't provide a SD card slot - and if I can't get a phone with SD card slot - I will buy a cheap one as even the cheapest phone is enough for all the basic function besides the tasks that need more memory and storage...

@Krasbin Жыл бұрын

What is worse about the no sd card slot, is that you can not recover the data from your phone if it is bricked. If you didn't backup your pictures online, they're gone.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@maxrshelltrack7443 Жыл бұрын

That's why you off load on sd card with PC but they do make memory sticks that you can put into your phone to put stuff on to.

@lunaflamed Жыл бұрын

@@Zam432Funtil just before the lockdowns I was all about Apple. It was time to replace my iPhone 6sPlus which I had bought new to replace iPhone 4, both which I LOVED. Looked at everything Apple offers and was REALLY NOT impressed AT. ALL. Settled on a Samsung Galaxy Note 10Plus... only reason I bought a second Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus was cause I gave the poor thing water damage of the touch sensor after my son, parten and myself all dropped and cracked its screen... the screen cracks didn't f it up bad enough to need to replace it, the water that got into the cracked screen did... I lost my Second Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Plus outside in winter ... so was forced to replace it... in spring someone found it... it not only survived Sub Arctic winter from Feb in cheap case, its battery is actually better than its replacement. Also bought my father one. This is where I bought them as refurbished. Money well spent. www.ebay.ca/itm/305083311967?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=_nJDnu5PShC&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=lrlWfcMySwO&var=604050063115&widget_ver=artemis&media=SMS

@MaverickMalone-ex4nm Жыл бұрын

I backup all my stuff on my MacBook Pro Mid 2010. Thing still works flawlessly and I have that computer backup with Mac Pro Tower Mid 2012. I don’t need the BS cloud storage lol Plus I have the computers turned off automatic updates.

@planetary-rendez-vous Жыл бұрын

@@Zam432Fyou want an android for sure but privacy is a dead deal as I'm sure every single phone company is spying on you, unless you refuse to use their apps, use open source third party one and install a custom rom. There are some phone companies that use a different OS, or care more about those stuff (maybe fairphone?). But at least with android you can customize your device.

@avhiro Жыл бұрын

Finally someone gets me! I've been telling my friends the exact thing that I expect a premium smartphone to have more or at least comparable features (sd card slot, jack etc) than a budget smartphone. Thank you!

@andrewflanders262 Жыл бұрын

I'm still using a Galaxy S10 because I've looked at the later models, and all they have really done is improve the camera while taking away other features, such as the headphone jack and the pulse monitor, and even made the display slightly smaller.

@Megascream79 Жыл бұрын

I'm still rocking a Note 9 because it has features that the new phones do not have.

@veramae4098 Жыл бұрын

I'm perfectly happy with my $150 Jitterbug Smart 2, Android phone. It has capacity I don't even use. Had it for 5 years.

@magnus1liljeqvist Жыл бұрын

@@Megascream79same here. I'm on my second note 9 :) really wish I could upgrade the camera on it.

@OM-bs7of Жыл бұрын

Don't forget sd card slot

@OM-bs7of Жыл бұрын

The s10 isn't the most repairable device on the planet unfortunately is the only downside

@joekur7857 Жыл бұрын

Greed is at a all time high, companies making cheaper products for more money with less features, this is a sickness

@remyllebeau77 Жыл бұрын

Just wait till you find out that they've been putting in toxic seed oils into nearly all processed food in the grocery store. They get longer shelf life and profits, you get cancer, obesity, autoimmune disorders, and all kinds of problems that didn't exist 50 to 70 years ago.

@dmacrolens Жыл бұрын

It's now a tradition.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@remyllebeau77 Жыл бұрын

@@Zam432F Just download the stuff to your desktop computer. If you want privacy, Rob Braxman Tech can help by selling de-Googled phones.

@calijay9805 Жыл бұрын

The argument has been the same since 2007 when Steve Jobs was asked about the lack of an SD card slot on iPhone. He said SD’s are too slow. And that internal storage made for a better user experience. I personally do not have an interest in using an SD card at this point. But I do agree that the option should still be there as well as a headphone jack.

@kornaros96 9 ай бұрын

That in 2007. Now micro SD cards have gone fast to write 4K 360° video in them without problems.

@23345star Жыл бұрын

Still rocking an S9+ five years later. Once Samsung started dropping removable storage and headphone jacks, I've ignored all new smartphones.

@cubedmelons876 Жыл бұрын

You might want to look into cheaper phones if you ever need a new one. For some reason those features haven't been dropped from a lot of phones in the $200-300 range. I don't get it either.

@WLOfails Жыл бұрын

Same. I still have my galaxy S9. Problem is, the battery will only survive for so long.

@MrPzyt Жыл бұрын

Still rocking on Galaxy S5Neo. There is no new shit that appeals to me. For the exact reasons mentioned in the video. Except I developed hesitation towards new phones many years before the crowd. My wife has a phone one, or two generations younger but now she also sticks to it. But we're mature people. We know what we want.

@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын

@@WLOfails For me a bit of question with old phones (and I use my old wife's S7 !) is that they do not support eSIM's and some vital for some applications, like Duo for dual authentication my work uses

@robmalcolm8042 Жыл бұрын

@@WLOfailsthat’s any phone with that much years. Might as well get a new battery.

@VinnyOrzechowski Жыл бұрын

I think a lot more of us need to start taking this into account. They might be losing some sales but not enough

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@itinfodesk Жыл бұрын

Thank you Louis, you say everything I’ve been thinking for over a decade

@amod3175 Жыл бұрын

You're totally right that power users are fed up with this (and that's why I have a sony xperia with headphone jack and sd card). However, we aren't large enough as a group to change the sales figures in any meaningful way. People in general are buying the worse phones and paying for cloud storage. They are buying the brands which remove features for no good reason when others are available.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@Saroku1000 Жыл бұрын

Its 2012/13 all over again. Back then new phones from google only came with 16gb internal storage and no sd slot, despite micro sds woth 64gb existing.

@EpsilonRosePersonal Жыл бұрын

I think there actually is a "good" reason they're buying those brands, unfortunately. When I had to upgrade my phone, a headphone jack was a must have feature, but Verizon doesn't sell any phones that have one, so I ended up having to do a ton of research. Not only did I need to figure out what phones I could buy that came with both a headphone jack and the latest version of android, but I also had to do the legwork to figure out if they could be used with Verizon's network. Ultimately, like you, I got a Sony, because it's literally the only phone that meets all of those conditions, but a lot of people simply aren't going to have the time or know-how to do that research. They're just going to get whatever Verizon has for them and that's going to be junk.

@weaksause6878 Жыл бұрын

No good reason you say. You expect Americans to disobey the television? Thd TV told them to buy and they're going to buy.

@devilsatan2973 Жыл бұрын

@@weaksause6878 Sadly, most people ARE that STUPID today too! They just can't/won't do their homework. Then the "smarter" ones cry when they lose features! Did you lookup what phones had the features you wanted? "Well no. I just went to x and picked up something off the counter that looked cool!" THAT'S the problem! You didn't pay attention to the features. Or you got bamboozled by some slick sales person. Pay attention people!

@ora2j251 Жыл бұрын

Talking about non-innovation. I bought a refurbished S10+, just for the fact that it has a headphone jack. We've made such a loop that bringing back a basic feature would be innovative today. It's amazing.

@MrLancar Жыл бұрын

Still hanging on to my old S8, simply for the fact that it still works well and has a headphone jack. Im definitely going to look at refurbished older models when the time comes, the new ones simply don't offer anything interesting.

@sciencelover3339 10 ай бұрын

Same here. I just bought my third iPhone SE (first gen - the last iphone model that had a headphone jack)

@deathstroke7316 Жыл бұрын

4:43 LOUIS, YOU WOKE UP THE DAMN KITTY WITH THAT "WHY"

@actually_tes1 Жыл бұрын

I am not buying new phones because they just do not have the features i want. 3.5 mm aux jack, micro SD, & repairability are the three big ones features for me.

@g6qwerty Жыл бұрын

Also no notch screens and no camera behind the screen either. My LG v20 has a nice secondary screen so you could save even more battery life by powering just the small screen for other things.

@remyllebeau77 Жыл бұрын

I have a 3.5 aux, but I don't have a micro SD, and I can't remove and replace the battery. :( And they did this to the bottom end el cheapo smart phone from Samsung. And I was forced to upgrade to that phone because of the 5G supposed upgrade changes from my last carrier, and my old phone wouldn't work with the new carrier who was also doing the 5G nonsense that nobody asked for. I was perfectly happy with my old phone except it was having trouble with newer apps and web browsing.

@joepiekl Жыл бұрын

I always insisted on a 3.5mm audio jack until I realised it was always the thing that broke first on every phone I had. Maybe I've got a bad listening technique. But yeah, now I've got the other scourge of running out of charge.

@gtx1650max-q Жыл бұрын

Fr, Phones are still thick AF and they still have to remove headphone jack ? While having heating issues in flagship processors ? No fucking thanks. I was happy with my 4yo 120$ Realme 3 pro. But it was fast when new. Now it runs like ass even if it has snapdragon 710 and 4gb ram. Like why ??? I removed all the bloatware using ADB. It still lags like 10 yo androids. It has all the basic features you want, headphone jack, dual sim slot + sd card slot ( no hybrid bullshit). I am looking for phones around 400$ but omg they are so darn trash. No headphone jack, heating issues, lack of longer updates, lack of aftermarket parts availability ( Moto for example ), full of bloatwares, shorter battery life and the larger storage you buy, you will get relatively less actual usable storage for no apparent reason. And I hate fucking notches, punch holes, curved screen bs, where are those boxy screen phones.

@xicofir3737 Жыл бұрын

@@g6qwertyyou still have Sony, for everything including bootloader unlocking, you may just loose the repairability because it's they only have a very small percentage of the market.

@turntprophet7960 Жыл бұрын

People are starting to realize that there is no reason to keep updating devices every time a new version comes out.

@pearz420 Жыл бұрын

People are slow.

@stalkerscarface Жыл бұрын

I always kept my devices on stock version that comes with bought phone, completly disable updates the very first day. Updates bring new bugs and slow downs. Custom ROMs are different thing, they can actually introduce some better optimizations in newer versions, Android 13 custom ROMs feel much smoother than Android 9, 10 or 11 on my device.

@futuza Жыл бұрын

Literally the only reason I'd want to update a phone is for security updates, but if I can just install my own Android fork/OS, then like it doesn't matter, I can just get the security updates from them instead of Google or Samsung, and get that without the bloatware, etc.

@scottwillie6389 Жыл бұрын

More to his point, there are actually compelling reasons to go out of your way NOT to update.

@Murillos1 Жыл бұрын

@@pearz420*busy

@realitycheck1086 Жыл бұрын

I got LG v60 six months ago for 200$. 2 years ago, it cost a thousand dollars. The battery is at 98% capacity. It looks and works like it's brand new. Point being - phones drop in price by a huge margin over time. Buy refurbished - always. Oh, and if you are worried about OS upgrades/updates - they are BS. Google market update and app updates have all the security features you'll need. Meanwhile, OS upgrades actually slow down your phone, because they are always designed for the newest hardware, with better specs. The entire industry is now driven purely by greed where planned obsolescence is the driving force.

@armisg5664 Жыл бұрын

I only ever bought two "flagship" phones when they were in the 500-600€ range. Since then I've mostly been in the 200-300€ range, and those phones have gotten dramatically better, where as the flagships get tiny, incremental upgrades. The low/mid tier ones even tend to have better support for SD cards and headphone jacks...

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@buteforce Жыл бұрын

The fixed internal storage limit is also a ticking time bomb that will eventually kill the device. The smaller the storage the faster it will die as it will use up the read and write cycles quicker. Even a phone, tablet or laptop with removable storage will last years longer and you can always transfer the ssd or sd card to a new device after the device gets broken or you want to change.

@escapetherace1943 Жыл бұрын

borderline irrelevant. read/write cycles were good 10 years ago and they've gotten 4-5x bigger since. It's actually extremely hard to read/write enough to kill NAND memory, even in a 10 year+ period with daily writes, unless you're trying to do it on purpose.

@JensenSarpy Жыл бұрын

128 GB SSD devices can get up to 650 TBW and still work fine so yea, that is irrelevant.

@octoslut Жыл бұрын

@@escapetherace1943 no its not lol stop the cap, bruteforce is correct

@octoslut Жыл бұрын

@@JensenSarpy huh?? you sure ?? that doesn't seem right at all 256gb samsung 980 pro has 250tb tbw. your numbers are wrong unless you're talking about some expensive enterprise ssd

@mokahless Жыл бұрын

He may be wrong with the number but his point remains correct: today's flash technology is much more reliable with higher endurance than it used to be when the Nexus 7 was dying left and right. Back then, manufacturers used to actually use trash and you'd see it with slow app installs and lag. I'll admit, due to the past, I still try to only buy crucial(micron)/samsung/sandisk(wd) but since the bad days, the industry has consolidated on which flash and controllers they use, such that if you buy an SSD, it'll be decent and reliable. That's why Sabrent was able to come out of nowhere and deliver trustworthy ssds. @@octoslut

@EliteFireSaint Жыл бұрын

My moto one has 4k recording, 1080p screen, slo MO recording, glass back, 128gb expandable storage and a headphone jack. I paid 115 pounds for it new. Now every phone in the budget 2023 range has 1080p recording, 720p screens and no glass back, Headphone jack has nearly disappeared along with the micro SD card slot. Its Usually priced around £219 for a device thats only got one new thing over my old one, 5g. They are stripping the features on purpose.

@tuonela7114 Жыл бұрын

My biggest gripe with heaps of modern phones is the disappearance of expandable storage, mostly flagships but slowly trickling down to midrangers too Spent over a decade listening to compressed MP3's due to the limited storage and high cost back in the day Only a few years ago I decided to upgrade all my music to FLAC files now that high capacity cards are incredibly cheap and now it's getting harder to find a new phone that can support my almost 500gb Suppose I could go back to MP3's on flagships, like it's 2010 again lmao

@mammutMK2 Жыл бұрын

Or going the step back to a portable player. It's insane, we needed everything in our pockets undzill phones got to the all-in-one device...calendar, calculator, music player, gameboy, alarm clock...and those features get more and more hidden (except for the games). So where is the progress, when I need to dig up my old mp3 player, alarm clock und calendar again, when my 1000 bucks phone is so messed up, that you can not even effectively use that feature anymore

@flamestoyershadowkill Жыл бұрын

the only flagship with expandable is a sony xperia which also has a 3.5mm jack but it cost as much as an iphone

@ianbelletti6241 Жыл бұрын

Don't forget the non user replaceable batteries. My dad and I used to get bigger batteries for our phones and do battery swaps when one would die. This beat carrying a monster battery pack around and waiting for the phone to recharge.

@OfficialDJSoru Жыл бұрын

@@flamestoyershadowkill Of course it costs as much as an iPhone. You yourself said it was a flagship. These days any phone categorized as a flagship rarely starts from below $1k

@hagoryopi2101 Жыл бұрын

Get a digital audio player. It'll do its job reliably, it won't be bricked by a bloated update or a virus because it's not on the internet, and it'll even have a 3.5mm audio jack!

@lenny2638 Жыл бұрын

People have kept buying new phones for the last decade with less and less freedom for the user, it didn't matter, most people don't care about the ability to unlock the bootloader or having a removable battery as long as its the new thing. The biggest factor for the decline in sales has to be the economy

@jessicav2031 Жыл бұрын

It can be both. When people have a lot of extra money to spend, buying disposable/lockin stuff is no problem and they don't care because they can just buy a new one next month. When they don't have money to spend they start to care about value for money and making their purchase last.

@weird-guy Жыл бұрын

No it’s because the upgrades are negligible so smartphones and laptops are just like appliances now

@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын

@@weird-guy Well, that prices shoot up surely did not help

@Paul_Wetor Жыл бұрын

Phones have matured, just like cameras. They've gotten so good, there is little compelling reason to upgrade. I saw a bug-eyed monster of a phone yesterday, the Galaxy S22 Ultra with five lenses on the back. It looked ridiculous.

@3Cr15w311 Жыл бұрын

I agree. My iPhone 13 Pro does everything I want just fine, has the best smartphone camera I've ever used, and still has good battery life after nearly 2 years. Why would I want to upgrade?

@archiemisc Жыл бұрын

This is the most logical answer. None of this conspiracy theory junk or speculation people are saying

@toshineon Жыл бұрын

I think if I ever need to replace my Sony Xperia, I'm going with Unihertz. Not because their phones are amazing or anything, they're quite average actually. But they actually have the balls to make phones that definitely stand out and offer something few others do. Like their tiny Jelly phone with a 3-inch screen, or their Titan series with physical keyboards. I love stuff like that.

Жыл бұрын

wow, that is a solid peace of advice, they even have a what they call "rugged one" with keyboard...

@heperfectirl9470 Жыл бұрын

I'd like to see how repairable they are

@toshineon Жыл бұрын

@@heperfectirl9470 Yeah, I'm curious about that too. They do sell replacement parts for their phones on their website, so they at least aren't anti-repair.

@BurnerJones Жыл бұрын

That's awesome, I searched a while ago for an android phone with a small screen like that and found nothing. It would be nice to have a phone that can fit in my pocket again.

@mammutMK2 Жыл бұрын

Wanted to get the big Titan from unihertz, but I got a galaxy fold from my mom...it was to heavy for her. Would I waste that much money on a foldable screen that is rarely used....hell no.

@bryanphillips6088 Жыл бұрын

It's definitely one of those "Sorry, not sorry" kind of moments. Modern phones just don't pass muster with me. I will not pay top dollar for fewer features no matter how hard these companies try to act like they're doing me a favor by removing them. I will actually get a dedicated car GPS and a house phone if I find myself in need of a new phone in the future and can't find one with the features I want.

@JoeTheGreat Жыл бұрын

I use a dedicated GPS unit. It's nice because it does one thing (maps)really well, and basically nothing else. Some can even pick up on road closures and traffic somehow (magic? IDK.) The best part, in my opinion, is that they don't need internet. Google maps will just not work without internet, which is just not viable for some people (like me.)

@oliwek70 Жыл бұрын

You need connectivity for trafic/closures, some use radio i think

@Avo7bProject Жыл бұрын

@@JoeTheGreat You can store offline maps with Google Maps (and the GPS will blue dot your location.) I have found that handy when traveling. But my 7-year-old 16 gig phone can't hold many offline maps.

@coolhawk2003 Жыл бұрын

Government in Canada keeped a look out on 9ver 22 million people with their smart phone. Without permission. Trafficking us. Every app records you. Screens so big that cant go in your pocket and easyer to break. Then less then year later usb stops or update slows you down.

@rockyroad7345 Жыл бұрын

The most I've ever paid for a phone was $200 for a Samsung J3. Replaceable battery. Watching this episode on it. It's still going strong.

@frankhuurman3955 Жыл бұрын

The Pinephone(linux one) also uses a J3 battery. Easily self-replaceable for $10. Even though the phone is severely underpowered(also $200 bucks) I really hope software improvements will one day make it a perfect, albeit a bit slower, daily driver.

@B.Ch3rry Жыл бұрын

Increasing prices while removing features/ports… This is why I set my smartphone price at $500 MAX!

@laurensdehaan2202 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video, Mr. Rossman. Thanks for highlighting the widespread corporate regression in the never-ending search for increasing profits.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@aetheralmeowstic2392 Жыл бұрын

The EU needs to mandate expandable storage next

@russellmania5349 Жыл бұрын

They also need to mandate Sim card. The Iphone 12 is probably the last Iphone I am going to get. I use straight talk with a AT&T sim card and if I got a phone with esim, I would have to switch to Verizon service. AT&T works great in my area and don't want to switch.

@Galafador Жыл бұрын

the thing about locked bootloader is that it's rarely being reported in phone reviews, unlocked bootloader was the norm and you can focus on other specs when comparing products but nowadays you'd have to assume that they're locked by default.

@doctahjonez Жыл бұрын

If it were up to me every phone would come rooted+unlocked bootloader by default lmao. It's a crime how phones get handicapped so badly from the factory.

@captainheat2314 Жыл бұрын

@@doctahjonez they want your data so they can sell it and give it to governments on request so if it was unlocked the government wouldnt be too happy with it not being seconds to unlock your phone for them

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@PratosKS Жыл бұрын

Most android phones coming with a locked bootloader and them being absolutely crippled if you remove google services to where almost no apps will even open made me just switch to Apple. They are basically the same anyway and at least I won’t have to deal with google anymore.

@EpsilonRosePersonal Жыл бұрын

A locked bootloader is only half the problem. The other half are encryption chips, which are required to use secure apps but won't work on rooted devices. So, even if you get around the lock, rooting just means you lose access to your banking app and so on.

@BetaBuxDelux Жыл бұрын

Finally going to upgrade from an iPhone 8 to a Sony 1 V. It’s been a long time since I’ve upgraded my personal device. I have a second iPhone 12 provided by work.

@mr.grotto Жыл бұрын

I just spent two hours updating my friends PC from 2012 and let him know that aside from a new GPU he doesn't need a new PC. He's a streamer, yet this hardware has been more than robust enough. While the 550Ti needs to be replaced everything else supports his type of content. He was floored at how much better his PC ran when I was done. I was floored at how competent his hardware remains for its age. He didn't need a new gadget, he just needed to understand how to repair and maintain what he has. Companies need to remember that service doesn't have to be on their sleeves, as consumers we should be allowed to roll up our own and work on our own devices.

@brandonolney7936 Жыл бұрын

I still build 4790Ks for my friends who want a $300 or so PC. Recently I picked up an I7-2600K and even it isn't too bad for its age. Honestly my other friend with a DDR5 13700K has more compatibility issues than the older systems.

@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын

My computers are from 2007, 2011 and newest is a laptop from 2017. Do what I need them to do

@julhizantwo2277 Жыл бұрын

I cant believe my intel socket 775 platform got much better with upgrade from e7300 to e8400. Who said dual core cant do basic stuff like browsing and watching youtube? Even i can still gaming with terrible Nvidia GS series GPU. For my type of workload this pc still capable but i need a ssd tho, my 160Gb hdd not load fast enough

@avcat1209 Жыл бұрын

This is exactly the same reason I am still rocking my 2013 Ivy Bridge PC. During the coofiness I saw the prices they want for new PCs (for really not much better performance) and said heck no! I decided to upgrade my RAM, additional HDD (for dual boot), and buy larger monitor. Does everything I need to do quite well. Plus $ spent on the upgrade components was way less than a new PC would have cost. Keep on keepin' on my fellow right to repair brother!

@tempestsquall5882 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for speaking on this.

@pudelz Жыл бұрын

I wonder if there's a graph that shows sales and things like soldered everything, no microsd, and so on... Like for laptops, I might overlook soldered ram (if there's more than enough and decently priced) but it's a deal breaker if storage is soldered.

@DavidDavis311 Жыл бұрын

Ever since Apple got busted for throttling, iPhone usable lifespans have gotten longer. I still use my iPhone X and it works perfectly other than some battery degradation. Although I believe they have a new tactic which is intentionally degrading the camera quality through updates.

@marcogenovesi8570 Жыл бұрын

busted for throttling? What was that, the third or the fourth time

@Teluric2 Жыл бұрын

Yes I thought I was the only one who found that. Older pics looks better taken with the same device.

@vladislavkaras491 11 ай бұрын

Another video where I totally agree with everything Louis have said! Thank you!

@Ultima64 Жыл бұрын

For me its more due to the lack of new features that most phones have nowadays due to lack of competition. Nowadays you're more likely to be scared of losing a feature that you use alot than excited for a new feature that is coming out. If companies want more sales, they need to add more compelling features that differentiate themselves from their peers and make people actually want to upgrade. Incremental upgrades like camera upgrades and new processors are just not enough to justify an upgrade unless its part of your phone plan, especially since most people will most likely never use the full potential of those things because apps and mobile games are mostly designed to be cheap cash grabs without really pushing the envelope on what a smartphone can truly do

@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын

But lack of competition was not the starting point. There was plenty in the beginning, and then the competition somehow led as to the rather uniform market with few players and very similar products. We did have variety in the past, and it died off

@ianbelletti6241 Жыл бұрын

Even as part of your phone plan it doesn't justify it because it locks you into a longer phone plan which you often have to pay penalties to get out of early. The reason they do this is because they work the price of the phone into the price of your service whether it's included in the price or a separate monthly charge. The "free phones" are not free.

@dmitripogosian5084 Жыл бұрын

@@ianbelletti6241 In Canada, where services are expensive to start with, they promote now a phone lease for two years, after which you can either return it or pay to own. On a promotions in May, I could pay as low as $5 extra to my existing plan for a Galaxy S23 for two years (i.e 120 CAD), and then in 2 years something like CAD $350 if I want to keep it. (Well, they will also charge $50 to unlock it :). This is instead of CAD 1200 or so retail.

@yeet-ts3ol Жыл бұрын

As someone who uses their phone a lot for gaming, messaging, and media consumption. I have found that over the years I have been driven to more and more niche brands whenever I want to upgrade. The things that I value in a phone such as durability, having a headphone jack, expandable storage, and long battery life don't really seem to align with the visions of most smartphone manufacturers. I don't care about thinness or the camera, or gimmicks like folding. I also despise notches and hole punches in phones. There are still options available, but there is almost always some compromises that need to be made. It doesn't help that these types of phones seem to become more rare every year.

@mokahless Жыл бұрын

Even as a normal user, I loath the industry obsession with "thinness"

@Okuti8779 Жыл бұрын

It’s ridiculous but it’s also the painful and honest truth. On top of it all. They charge you hundreds of dollars just to get more storage.

@darylholden187 Жыл бұрын

Cant wait to pick up previously overpriced gpus for pennys on the dollar. Demand is really low and i can see prices falling soon

@DamjanDimitrioski Жыл бұрын

Find a failed crypto miner and buy off some used GPU, some of them are not over used and you can really get your hands on powerful GPUs.

@technewb8241 Жыл бұрын

Good luck with that. Companies that are developing LLMs or utilizing machine learning are starting to move to gaming gpus, instead of paying $15k for dedicated AI accelerators.

@SuperSmashDolls Жыл бұрын

@@DamjanDimitrioski Furthermore, mining is arguably less stressful on old GPUs than normal gaming is, because miners like to undervolt for power savings, and they're running constant loads. As for companies buying gaming GPUs to develop LLMs on, I can see it happening on the margins, but Nvidia explicitly banned this. The drivers for gaming GPUs are not licensed for datacenters and you could get sued if you have an old gaming GPU sitting in a server somewhere. Furthermore, AI training needs large amounts of VRAM and gaming GPUs cap out at 24GB while Nvidia's datacenter cards go up to 80GB. That's the difference between being able to train and run GPT-3.5 level models and not being able to.

@weird-guy Жыл бұрын

Aren’t crypto miners now using asic or whatever is called

@SuperSmashDolls Жыл бұрын

@@weird-guy For Bitcoin, yes. Technically any proof-of-work algorithm can be optimized with better hardware that sacrifices programmability for speed. However, that's a huge expense to design and develop. Whether or not it makes sense to design and build an ASIC miner is a function of how valuable the currency is and how likely the mining algorithm is to remain constant throughout the ROI time of your rig. For something like Monero they've designed their PoW to stress hardware that can't easily be accelerated with an ASIC (e.g. memory), so the speed-up is lower. Furthermore, unlike Bitcoin, the community is at least theoretically willing to hardfork to an incompatible hashing algorithm in order to break ASICs. So it makes less sense to build a Monero specific ASIC.

@Unknown0YT0 Жыл бұрын

Again, as I said before; "Technology, as it advances, isn't used to create. It is used to capitalize."

@SlashManEXE 11 ай бұрын

The aux port was my turning point

@pastiesandagstring Жыл бұрын

Pretty much nailed every point. You have the company’s who are doing everything they can to actively screw you. Offering less while charging more money. Then on top of that you just have the overall issue of nothing is new or innovative. Phones all kind of peaked years ago and have just been mostly regressing and becoming money traps since. Smart phones have been around for a while now. Everyone’s been pretty much forced to get one so everyone already has one. Everyone’s financially stressed thanks to our wonderful economy so likely people are realizing they don’t need to get a new phone every year when for the ever increasing price of $1000+ the only thing you really get is more camera lenses and restricted software and hardware and designs basically made to break. Like having glass backs even though there is no screen there.

@khajiit8221 Жыл бұрын

Overpriced and overrated, as most "new" tech is.

@BasedDon69 Жыл бұрын

I switched to just using an lte smartwatch and ditched my phone about a month ago. Best thing I've ever done in my life.

@burkino7046 Жыл бұрын

Also since Android 5 your phone is required to be encrypted with no option to turn it off. My 2017 phone (but bought in 2019 and sadly, it died yesterday) had 32 GB of internal storage. The system decided it was going to use 16 GB for itself. I inserted a 64 GB microsd card thinking I could move some of my apps to it; but since the phone came encrypted I couldn't format it as internal storage, so apps couldn't be moved to it. The quality and friendliness of everything just seems to be declining.

@burkino7046 Жыл бұрын

And lets not forget that every phone comes with preinstalled bloatware. I don't want the Samsung app store, I don't want Moto Voice for Alexa, I don't want Facebook, and I don't want half of Google's preinstalled apps.

@lukasegeling5205 Жыл бұрын

I have mostly stopped streaming music on my phone. Now that I got an external CD drive, I instead rip CDs to FLAC to fill up the 512 GB card in my phone. You can get insane deals on old CDs compared to digital purchases. For instance, I got a secondhand copy of Prince's Emancipation (a 3 CD album) for 90 cents. Best of all, I get the physical album and can obtain a lossless digital rip of it.

@amicaaranearum Жыл бұрын

Another advantage is that you don’t have to worry about the album being removed from the streaming catalog for whatever reason (licensing changes, politics, etc.).

@nothingnew765 Жыл бұрын

I have everything pushed over from my old iPod, as well as some other stuff I used to datahoard back in the 2000s 2010s. Some are albums not available on streaming services. But I am more than happy paying for the subscription service for TIDAL, and I use it a lot. Unlimited streaming of HiFi music anywhere I go?!? It's too important for me to not get.

@chlorophyllphile Жыл бұрын

While most tech enthusiasts would agree, most people don't care about bootloaders. Most people are completely unaware of alternative OS's

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@chlorophyllphile Жыл бұрын

@@Zam432F I don't have experience switching from iPhone to Android, so I can't help you with that I afraid. When it comes to phones, Google Pixels usually have the best support from privacy focused OS's. If messing around with bootloaders and flashing ROMs is a bit too technical for you, another option is buying a Fairphone with /e/ OS pre-installed (I think they link a seller on Fairphones website). There is other options like that that I don't know from the top of my head. Good luck! Edit: I think the Calyx institute sells Pixels with Calyx OS pre-installed now that I think of it.

@Alasdair-Morrison Жыл бұрын

Spot on Seems like they're all trying to see who can cost cut the most out of their products.

@btfilther Жыл бұрын

I loved the Charles Barkley reference, it speaks something to our generation which in turn says something about our priorities and preferences. Companies are evermore services driven. If their sales fall they will double down on the idiocy that caused the fall in the first place to compensate. I am pretty concerned with not really owning the devices I paid for.

@Zam432F Жыл бұрын

@shake_n_bake6192 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the reason I will be getting a Sony Xperia because they have an sd slot and a phone jack. The things I want in my phone.

@SumRndmPenguin Жыл бұрын

Also money is tighter now. Everyone either says we're in a recession or expects us to fall into one soon. No point on excessive purchases.

@marcogenovesi8570 Жыл бұрын

we are in an "officially not a recession, trust me bro" situation

@shayan-gg Жыл бұрын

would love to hear your take on LTT's screwup.

@FU-Utube Жыл бұрын

This. Get it out to more ears

@shayan-gg Жыл бұрын

@@user-fm5xf4pe6v Their quality is generally going down, they are making so many mistakes in their video for self imposed deadlines and are being unfair to some products. Their biggest screwup was billet labs water-block for 3090ti which they tested on 4090 and gave them unfair review. Billet labs asked for their 'ONE OF A TYPE PROTOTYPE' back twice but LTT auctioned it off even after agreeing to return it. Gamers Nexus made a video about them and Linus called it unfair journalism and refused to take responsibility. Their is much more to the story so just watch GN's video about it.

@shayan-gg Жыл бұрын

@@FU-Utube yeah, looking at dislikes on their latest video (using return dislike). It looks like Linus will not be able to sweep it under the rug.

@okrajoe Жыл бұрын

Phones are becoming like refrigerators. No compelling new features to buy a new one until the old one breaks.

@TheDeceptiveHero Жыл бұрын

I’ve been so done with the smartphone market for years. Each time I had to get a new phone, I could watch how useful features and design elements were either dropped or replaced by bullcr&p. LG, the company I’ve stuck with for many years because I would still get a removable battery with the G5, a display without that godawful notch and probably the best headphone jack on a smartphone in the world with the V30, has dropped out of the market years ago. And unfortunately, they sucked balls when it came to software updates; which brings me to my largest issue, which is that there is no manufacturer that gives me both the hardware I want and full control over it and its software. Even though I can install a custom ROM on all my phones, it comes at the cost of limiting the usability of the hardware like the camera because it heavily relies on the proprietary apps from the manufacturer that are of course not freely available for download. At least the EU finally put an end to the non-removable battery nonsense. Let’s hope it will take the manufacturers by their balls in terms of software and security updates as well.

@divinecomedian2 Жыл бұрын

Ең жақсы KZbin

New gadgets sales are down, is it any surprise why?

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