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From: Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com>
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Subject: Re: What's the actual *advantage* of not having an sd slot?
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2025 09:49:25 -0700
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On 2025-06-27 00:09, Carlos E.R. wrote:
> On 2025-06-27 08:57, Arno Welzel wrote:
>> Marion, 2025-06-26 17:51:
>>
>>> On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 10:51:46 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote :
>>>
>>>
>>>> Writing again the quoting you removed:
>>>>
>>>> ]
>>>> ]> So a phone w/o an aux jack is *always* an inferior phone to one 
>>>> with it.
>>>> ]>                       (all else being equal)
>>>
>>> Carlos,
>>>
>>> I am trying to be nice when I say you can't say logic is wrong.
>>>
>>> There are X number of things a phone with the aux jack can do.
>>> There are fewer than X number of things a phone without it can do.
>>
>> Correct.
>>
>> But that's mostly irrelevant, since there are many people out there who
>> just don't need these things.
>>
>> If *all* people would *need* an aux jack in a smartphone, they would
>> never buy devices without it. But this is not the case - iPhones are
>> still sold in big numbers as well as many Android phones without an aux
>> jack.
>>
>> It seems, people are fine with inferior phones. Since the don't need the
>> superior functions. Similar to the fact, that not everybody needs a big
>> station wagon even if that is superior to the small car and can do
>> things, you can't do with the small car.
> 
> Because it is a matter of choice, people choose whatever is best for 
> their use case.
> 
> For example, a small car is useful in European busy cities, can be 
> parked in small spaces, while a big car is impossible. May be impossible 
> to maneuver inside some old parking lots! :-D
> 

But any 2-door car is always "inferior" to a car with 4 doors!

😜