Comment by gizmo
1 day ago
Most regular people buy a new phone when their old one has "gotten slow". And why do phones get slow? "What Andy giveth, Bill taketh away."
In tech circles regular people are believed to be stupid and blind. They are neither. People notice when apps get slower and less usable over time. It's impossible not to.
And then they spend their own money making them faster, not linking the slowness to the software, but to some belief their hardware is getting worse over time.
> Most regular people buy a new phone when their old one has "gotten slow".
Uh...
If this statement were true (IF), it would be even a better argument for software developers to NOT optimize their apps.