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		spikej on Oct 23, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhones are hard to use On the other hand, there's Huawei that went with Advanced and Simple mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcalxGyLE1w And for aging parents, the simple mode works fantastically!

Rjevski on Oct 23, 2018 [–]

The downside of a simple mode is that it locks the user in and prevents them from discovering what "advanced" stuff their device can do; so essentially they're wasting money by having a 1k$ supercomputer in the pocket and intentionally it dumbing down to Nokia 3310 levels.

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