• normalexit@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    What is the use-case for fast USB transfer to/from a smart phone?

    Are you using your phone as a computing platform / data transfer device? Just honestly curious why this is a showstopper for you.

    • python@lemmy.world
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      1 day ago

      I back up my important images to an external SSD because I don’t want to rely on cloud backup, plus I shuffle around quite a few audiobooks, game roms and ebook collections from time to time. Having faster speeds with that does add up.

      I also use Desktop mode quite a lot (my previous phone was a Moto G100 so it had Moto Ready For) and now that a universal Desktop mode is announced for Android 16 I would be quite annoyed if I couldn’t use it just due to hardware limitation. The current Desktop mode preview on GrapheneOS isn’t 100% functional yet either, but at least I know that I will get it working eventually 😄

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      1 day ago

      I use my phone as my main computer.

      In fact, most people don’t really have a desktop/laptop computer anymore, its just their one smartphone

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        1 day ago

        Most people? Where do you live? Somewhere in the remote African hinterland? (No disrespect) I’m having a hard time thinking of someone I know who doesn’t have a computer.