Mobile is the new PC and AArch64 is the new x64

[Dave Jones]

On Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 22:56:31 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 September 2018 at 22:41:08 UTC, Nick Sabalausky 
> (Abscissa) wrote:
>> 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".
>
> The usage stats are similarly overwhelming, two-thirds of 
> digital time is spent on mobile, more for the young:

Yeah but 90% of the time people spend on mobile is just dicking 
about. Sending IMs, facebook, point and click games. And thats a 
huge part of the usage stats, people can now spend more time 
online wasting time in more situations than ever before.

PCs are generally seen a tool to accomplish tasks, for word 
processing or a high end gaming thing, audio / video editing, 
mobile is more entertainment. Not many people are doing what you 
are by using your mobile as a desktop.

I'm not saying that makes mobile worthless, what I'm saying is 
that your hypothesis is like saying TV has taken over from 
typewriters.