Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

[Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa)]

On 09/10/2018 11:13 PM, tide wrote:
> On Monday, 10 September 2018 at 13:43:46 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> That's why PC sales keep dropping while mobile sales are now 6-7X that 
>> per year:
> 
> This shouldn't be misunderstood as such, which I think you as 
> misunderstanding it. The reason mobile sales are so high is because of 
> planned obsolescence and the walled garden that these devices are built 
> around. I've gone through maybe 3-4 phones in the time that I've had my 
> Desktop, and I use my desktop every single day. I don't need to buy a 
> new one cause it runs perfectly fine, there aren't operating system 
> updates that purposely cause the CPU to run slower to "save battery 
> life" when a new device and OS come out. That's not to say it isn't 
> insignificant but the sales numbers are exacerbated.

Right. Basically, "sales stats" should never be misconstrued as "usage 
stats".