[HUMAN BEHAVIOR] Big screen purchases?
0So buying plane tickets, for example, on a phone screen is obviously objectively insane.
do you have certain purchases that must take place on a proper computer? What’s the highest stakes item you would be willing to buy from your phone or tablet?
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I keep computers around so I don’t have to use that tiny screened menace.
@yakkoTDI this is the way
Purchasing plane tickets on my phone is actually quite easy. However unless I have already stayed at that hotel, I want a computer to read multisite reviews etc.
Anything that requires a form, i.e, WorldCon membership.
And my tablet screen is bigger than some of my previous computer screens so…
However, for big ticket purchases, I’m’a going in person, or it’s not getting bought most likely. I’m’a gonna sit on that couch and lay down on that bed
@Cerridwyn agree
@Cerridwyn forms are death
Well, I bought a house on an iPad.
@pmarin Did you buy it off Amazon, without having any place to put it?
(I’m still trying to figure out the logic for that, as well as guessing at how much of the story is a lie.)
@pmarin worst i’ve done is a car.
@xobzoo @jouest I do admit I usually prefer a PC laptop for reasons already mentioned. But there was something like sign this document and scan it and an iPad photo was easiest and worked fine. A mix of technology, basically.
@xobzoo yeah there was negotiation before by email and phone. It wasn’t quite “click here to buy”
Though to @jouest, yes that is the way my car purchase went. Most stress-free car purchase ever. Bank account info, click here. Pickup date scheduled.
I agree phones can do it all now but screens a bit small, and I don’t like the max phones, I’d rather have an iPad or PC in a bag when I need it.
Computer, but not necessarily for the screen. I need a keyboard I can type on, not a tiny touchscreen that is sensitive to finger ridges/pads that I no longer have. I need to use a stylus to type on a phone, which is a royal pain-in-the-fingers.
What would I be willing to buy from my phone? A replacement phone that had a better keyboard.
@rockblossom I still have my Epic 4G somewhere around here.
KuoH
@kuoh that is kuohl.
@rockblossom I got myself a Logitech full-sized Bluetooth keyboard for when I’m at home and want to write a lengthy reply to a text or maybe on social media. It’s not something I travel with, but at home it’s nice to have. I also got a tiny USB wireless keyboard (with a touchpad) like the one on your phone in the photo that I use when I need a keyboard for one of my Raspberry Pis for just a few minutes.
I’ve heard this is a millenial (and older) trait. I follow the big screen for big purchases mindset because I can more easily open up multiple tabs and do faster, more in-depth research and back-and-forth comparisons on a big screen vs on a phone.
@bigcurmudgeon this is how I heard it. I’m increasingly uncomfortable with how frequently I see “millennial” used synonymously with “old people” though.
YES to all the above comments
Bigger screen
Multiple tabs
Keyboard (and mouse)
@chienfou don’t forget general gravitas
@chienfou @jouest Is General Gravitas still at the Pentagon or did Trump fire him?
@jouest @pmarin
I believe you’re thinking of General Electric…
He was Major Appliance’s boss