this post was submitted on 28 Dec 2023
114 points (96.7% liked)

Ask Lemmy

26701 readers
2532 users here now

A Fediverse community for open-ended, thought provoking questions

Please don't post about US Politics.


Rules: (interactive)


1) Be nice and; have funDoxxing, trolling, sealioning, racism, and toxicity are not welcomed in AskLemmy. Remember what your mother said: if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all. In addition, the site-wide Lemmy.world terms of service also apply here. Please familiarize yourself with them


2) All posts must end with a '?'This is sort of like Jeopardy. Please phrase all post titles in the form of a proper question ending with ?


3) No spamPlease do not flood the community with nonsense. Actual suspected spammers will be banned on site. No astroturfing.


4) NSFW is okay, within reasonJust remember to tag posts with either a content warning or a [NSFW] tag. Overtly sexual posts are not allowed, please direct them to either [email protected] or [email protected]. NSFW comments should be restricted to posts tagged [NSFW].


5) This is not a support community.
It is not a place for 'how do I?', type questions. If you have any questions regarding the site itself or would like to report a community, please direct them to Lemmy.world Support or email [email protected]. For other questions check our partnered communities list, or use the search function.


Reminder: The terms of service apply here too.

Partnered Communities:

Tech Support

No Stupid Questions

You Should Know

Reddit

Jokes

Ask Ouija


Logo design credit goes to: tubbadu


founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
 

For me it’s the notification light you used to find on older phones, was particularly good to know if your phone was charged without picking it up

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 35 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Absolutely the damn LED. I would love to trade the stupid never-being-used selfie-cam for a damn 5 cent LED.

And swappable batteries. And a headphone-jack. And root by default (imagine you winpc came with no admin-pwd. Lol)... And....

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I used to love customising the notification colour on my old phones, so good.

I miss my headphone jack so damn much, I'm over Bluetooth earbuds breaking constantly and being so damn expensive and low quality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Then buy phones with headphone jacks. Mine has one, I dont buy ones without it.

If it matters for you to have it, dont buy phones that cut it. If models with it keep selling, theyre less likely to ditch it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd rather just buy a DAP than randomly replace a perfectly good phone with one that sucks in comparison.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Lol I only buy jack phones, and if you think they suck you need to shop in places that arent back alleyways

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

It was a perfectly good MacDonald's, thank you very much!

But in all seriousness, I just have particular needs that literally can't be met by anything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

U could try a usb to jack converter. Looks stupid but at least there's a jack. Quality sucks anyway as they all use cheap dacs now 😩

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I've got a suprisingly good pair of USB C earbuds that I found in my mailbox at the moment, but yeah at some point I'll probably get a DAC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

What I don't understand is why the notification LED was removed in the first place? It can easily be put under the screen.
The LED was so helpful, and it's so annoying when I don't see an important message for hours, because I haven't used my phone.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I'm guessing... they don't want us deciding whether to engage with our phones, they want us looking at them more. If that means less convenience for us we can get fucked

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

Because if you can read an LED notification system you have no purpose to pick up the cellphone.

Cellphones are not designed FOR YOU. They are designed by marketeers for you to use.

Once you realize this, all the anti-consumer shit makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Root by default is an awful idea.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Of course not by default, that'd be dumb. Every app that wants it pops up a Y/N-dialogue. That's how I want it. It's my phone, goddamit. I might've phrased that a bit misleading :-)