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points by MBCook 3 days ago | 0 comments

Hi. Big techie nerd here. This is me.

If I’m not doing programming or 3D modeling, I generally don’t use my laptop. It doesn’t seem worth the trouble of getting it. I can do the vast, vast majority of what I want on my phone, faster, because it’s already right there.

If I’m reading more or researching more, I pull out my iPad for the bigger screen.

But over the last decade, I’ve realized those two take care of the vast majority of my needs.

[–] decafninja 3 days ago

I am like this too. Software engineer by trade, but I rarely pull out my personal laptop (I suppose this is an admission that I also rarely work on personal projects these days too...).

Most of my consumption happens on my iPad at home and while traveling, and my iPhone when on the move (such as commuting).

[–] MBCook 3 days ago

Being a software engineer is also probably part of it.

I spend all day on the computer. Unless I have some specific project I’m really interested in I’ve already had plenty of “computer time“ for the day and don’t feel that draw.

It still made sense before the smart phone, or when my phone it iPad couldn’t cover my needs well. These days that’s not a problem.

[–] lbreakjai 3 days ago

It boggles my mind. I only use my phone as a very last resort. It's such a terrible experience overall. Between modals, banners, and ads, it's downright impossible to even read the content you want.

It's not even a screen size issue. I couldn't imagine diving into anything remotely serious without being able to open a new tab and search a specific term/concept/fact in a quarter of a second, without having to fight the autocorrect at every step of the process.

[–] floydnoel 1 day ago

Why not just block the ads and such?

[–] lbreakjai 1 day ago

For a long time, this was something you couldn't really do on an iPhone. You couldn't just install Firefox with uBlock. Even ignoring the ads, most websites seem to purposefully make the experience miserable to push you to their app.

[–] bradknowles 1 day ago

On iPhone and iPad, there are good system-wide ad blocking tools you can get. They will work in any WebKit view, which covers almost every app that is likely to be displaying any ads. There’s 1Blocker, Adblock Plus, AdGuard Pro, and many more.

Your biggest problem in this space is trying to figure out which ones are good for you and which ones are not.

[–] floydnoel 23 hours ago

Sure, there was a time when you would need a jailbreak to do it, but ad-blocking on iOS has been supported for 14 years now.