I want a big screen so I don’t miss the fine print, terms and conditions, opt-ins, opt-outs, and hidden fees they’re hoping I won’t notice. On a small screen, it’s too easy to scroll past that shit. I wouldn’t be surprised if web pages were deliberately formatted in a way that makes those things easy to miss, while just barely staying within the bounds of the law.
Making any purchase in my phone gives me anxiety. But the true psychopaths buy shit over the smart TV / fire stick, especially with one click purchases. Or Alexa... shudders
My dad used to speak louder when the person on the other end of the phone was calling from further away geographically. I remember coming home from school once and he was screaming into the phone because his friend had called from Canada.
There was a podcast where a host said she realized she was no longer the target market when she booted up the laptop to go to a certain store. She realized it was phone app only.
If you had seen the birth and growth of Android from its early days to now, you'd be leery about relying on phones for anything involving three figures or more, too.
I don't even like doing stuff on a laptop. That's what desktops are for.
Desktops == real and important computer tasks... and gaming.
LAPTOPS == paid work and .... like watching netflex when I'm on business trips.
phone == ... toilet time internet browsing? Phones aren't good for much.
When I was young, you'd go to the travel agent to book your flight and they'd fill in your ticket by hand. And we liked it that way! Now get off my lawn, damn kids!
That's crazy. The only things I like my laptop for are when I need to do enough typing to require keyboard, or I'm doing something that a split screen is good for. I'm in my mid 30s,and I feel this isn't unusual among my friends
When I had to book flights, car rentals, and hotels at my last job, I did anything I could to just do it straight through the Delta or Hilton apps. Trying to use Concur was a nightmare. I could be done in a couple minutes and it isn't like I don't already have the corporate codes added to the respective apps. Saves the same amount of money and cuts out the shitty "travel agency". As a millennial, the more I can do on my phone in the least amount of time the better. There are always exceptions, but booking travel is something I would rather do on my phone.
Me, I'm like, well, I could buy the train tickets on the app. But that'd require opening the bank app simultaneously to authorise the payment, and it's a bit fiddly (it didn't work reliably on my shitty phone a decade ago, it does work these days). Soooo I'll buy the tickets on laptop and run the bank app on the phone.
I can't afford plane tickets and I'd have nowhere to go anyways. I am 7 parallel universes ahead of you, or maybe behind. Doesn't make much of a difference when it comes to parallel universes.
I also don't purchase stuff on my phone period. I am not overly fond of smartphones. A computer is simply better at anything, but that means you have to be know how. Take typing for instance, if you aren't a fast typer on a keyboard, then this won't be an advantage to you. I bet loads of people can write faster on their phone than on a computer, but if you can type fast on a computer, a phone can't hold a candle to it.