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TanknSpank, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I only upgrade every 3-4 years, but there's a lot of subtle differences that make it worth it. For example my current phone is far more reliable with Bluetooth connections than the previous one. It's got a better camera with AI photo touching. It's waterproof. Its fingering sensor is more sensitive and quicker.

FREEZX, 2 years ago in Rule

There is a community called 196, their only rule is to post something before leaving.

Reverendender, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Atari Lynx! It was awesome, but it broke all the time.

crossfadedragon, 2 years ago

handheld right? never played one but a friend had an atari jaguar.

we played some independence day game for it. i remember being put off by the controller. i was more of a fan of the n64 one.

upt, 2 years ago in What's the hottest and coldest temperature you've ever been in?

Hottest, in the early '90s I worked for a technical trade school as a lab instructor in Phoenix, AZ. My commute was by motorcycle from Tempe, AZ. In the heat of one summer it got to near 120F outside one day, and wearing motorcycle gear plus the heat from the motor made me feel like I was going to pass out from extreme heat exhaustion (but luckily, I didn’t).

ilovecheese, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Atari 2600! Dragster, Centipede and Pac Man!

Got 'em all on RetroPie these days too.

perishthethought, 2 years ago

Pitfall, Yar’s Revenge, River Raid.

livedeified, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

I remember playing Joust on the Atari 2600. We had a little black and white TV to play it on.

Shurf116, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. It was a good one. Replayed it several times later.

Emma, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

My first ever video game I’ve ever played was Lego Batman on the Xbox 360 back in 2013. I also a started replaying it in Xenia for nostalgia.

bilb, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I do it because it might fill the terrifying emptiness inside me for a moment or two. Looking forward to trading my Z Fold 4 in for a Z Fold 5 soon!

Screwthehole, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Wonder Boy on Sega

red, 2 years ago in What exercises can I do to strengthen my willpower?

If you have ADHD, forget combating it with willpower. You need to reduce distractions.

But most of all, get diagnosed properly and then a psychotherapist can help you further, as might the appropriate meds.

SubArcticTundra, 2 years ago

Will do. I just wont be able to get diagnosed until in a couple of months, so I wanted to try how much I could brute force for now

solrize, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I have Android 7 and Jerboa {the official Lemmy app) requires Android 8 or higher. So people told me to upgrade but I wasn’t having that. It turns out there is a fork with Android 6 and 7 support that might get merged into mainline, so my phone will be cool for a while longer. But the upgrade pressure is out there.

godofpainTR, 2 years ago

Android 7 is quite old though, isn’t there any custom ROM development for your phone? I know there are downsides but it’s usually been fine for me

solrize, 2 years ago (edited 2 years ago)

I am not sure of the custom rom situation but I use this phone every day so I don’t want to mess with it. I can consider it if I get a new phone while the old one still works.

001100010010, 2 years ago

You can use the web version and hold on to your phone even longer 😉

solrize, 2 years ago

I had trouble with the web version but it works now so I’m using it. I’ll try Jerboa again sometime. I had to uninstall the 0.17 fork I was using after lemmy.world upgraded it’s backend.

MurphysPaw, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

I’ve felt this way for a long time. After paying off an expensive contract for a S7 edge, I swore to never pay more than £100 for a phone. My S7 lasted 5 years before the battery gave out and the phone started to struggle.

I replaced it with a Redmi not 9 and after a year and a half i was having problems running my most used apps, bit to mention the ammount of bloatware was shocking.

I have just bought a refurbished Pixel 6 for £250 and the difference is in quality and performance is staggering! I have never been happier with a phone.

So my advice would be avoid the cheap brands and buy something future proof, but i totally agree there is no need to get a kew phone every year.

Onlytanner, 2 years ago in what was your first video game/system you played or remember playing?

Crash Bandicoot on the original PlayStation. I sucked at it then and still do lol.

MarcelloRod, 2 years ago

I was scarred by the OG Crash and it took a long time to convince myself to buy the remastered version. The time it took to go for platinum still haunts me :D

b3nsn0w, 2 years ago in What's the point of buying new phones every years?

Only reason I see is because of phones breaking. My current Mi 10T Lite was great for the first two years, then it started getting annoying. I can no longer use Wallpaper Engine because of a stupid system update, notifications started getting stuck, sometimes it has other minor annoyances. The hardware is still fine, there’s no reason this phone shouldn’t work, but it doesn’t. Xiaomi clearly wants me to go buy another phone.

So I did. Just not from them. My Fairphone should be arriving any day now. My friend already got hers, and she got me super excited for it.