• slurp@programming.dev
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    6 months ago

    Sony is shifty with their PlayStation practices but their phones are genuinely good - seems like they are closer with the camera part of the business, which is pretty well liked from what I understand. The software support (or lack of) is the main issue but the hardware is clearly made by people that care (although apparently not enough about overheating on the IV series).

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      6 months ago

      My institutional memories prevent me from buying Sony

      When the PS4 came out and my old friends were clamoring over it i thought, “In 2003, we swore ‘never again’. In 2013, we broke that promise.”

      But i NEVER DID

      • Hanrahan@slrpnk.net
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        6 months ago

        Yeah, I had that with Sony, Apple, Microsoft, Google, Samsung.

        A couple years ago, I decided not to cut my nose off to spite my face and evaluate the products and hope some shenanigans root kit doesn’t happen after i’ve purchased it

        I think im paraphrasing the author Iain Banks here, I feel like a piece of sweet corn in a turd, technically I’m intact but I’m still surrounded by shit.

        On the plus side it pushed me to Linux as my desktop OS.

        • SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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          6 months ago

          TBH I didn’t feel that strongly, but I could not resist channeling BLM

          That analogy works for many things these days