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This is ridiclous

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The fact that everyone hasn't taken on this design trend just shows how stupid it is.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They also take on stupid design trends, like removing the headphone jack.

This one is just several degrees more stupid.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

There's the unsolvable problem - to prevent companies doing stupid things.

And there's the solvable problem - have enough competition so that companies doing stupid things would become or remain small.

Which is why all the stupidity in computer industry in our days is a result of patent laws and protectionism.