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Subject: Re: is my phone ON or is it OFF?
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On 5/4/24 10:24, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> bad sector <forgetski@_invalid.net> wrote:
>> On 5/3/24 10:19, Frank Slootweg wrote:
> [...]
> 
>>>     The on/off demand is unsolvable (without instructions/a_manual)
>>
>> No it isn't. Motion sensor and a LOUD display briefly flashing "ON" on
>> all screens so no display means it's OFF. No one needs a manual for that
>> much.
> 
>    But that assumes that the user touches/moves the device. Not an
> unreasonable assumption, but an assumption nonetheless.
> 
>    BTW, you'll be delighted to hear that my Samsung (Galaxy A51) does
> essentially that, i.e. the display lights up when I 'pick up' the phone.
> Also when kept stationary, for example lying  on a table, touching the
> display, lights it up ('Always on' display).
> 
>>>     As to (easily, user) removable batteries: Don't hold your breath.
>>
>> No problemo, in fact I will sleep just as well if smart phones anf half
>> of humanity vanish altogether but meanwhile I accept one of only two
>> constraints and that with respect to just about anything: feasability
>> and demand. These features are doable, demand will decide the rest.
> 
>    Yes, (easily, user) removable batteries are doable, but - as already
> mentioned - it has it's constraints and disadvantages. Nothing in this
> world has only advantages and removable batteries are no exception to
> this law.
> 
>    BTW, don't get me wrong, I'm all in favour of (easily, user) removable
> batteries. I had them in my ('dumb' and smart) phones and laptops, but
> now have to do without.

What the mass of users or the regulatory acting for them want or are 
prepared to put up with is evidently the ultimate deciding factor. What 
I do NOT accept is minoritary influences representing only themselves 
deciding to include/exclude any feature. It's like should cell-phones 
disable themselves within XYZ feet of a car with a runing engine? IMO 
they should. Will the using masses or their regulatory insist on it? IMO 
they will not because they're too pucking stupid, and so the brainless 
chaff WILL continue thinning its own ranks, natural selection at its 
evangelical very best :-)