My fold4 lasted 3 years, and still works. I'll concede it was only able to unfold to about 85% open at the end when I decided to upgrade. I was happy to upgrade to the fold 7 which has a redesigned hinge and better dust protection. I acknowledged the risk of mechanical failure as a possibility compared to a slab phone and after using it for years I decided I was still very impressed with the flexibility of having a tablet in my pocket. The fact that my 7th generation is significantly thinner and has a 200MP camera compared to the 4th is what sealed the deal.
It's not perfect for everyone, but I wouldn't go back to using a slab, there's too much functionality I'd be pissed giving up.
Granted, I tend to upgrade my phone every 2 years or so anyway.
I recently learned of a term "reverse centaur" and found the ideas in that article were very entertaining as a way to explain why CEOs are obsessed with LLMs. The author of the book being interviewed has a few hot takes that I think are pretty relevant here too. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/06/how-to-burst-the-ai-bubble-strike-at-its-roots/
Two time buyer, can confirm. They're legitimately useful and durable enough for me.
Good for you, welcome to the internet where people's opinions abound. I didn't accuse you of writing it with an LLM I said it was an LLM style, if you don't like my opinion, that's fine with me. I simply found the writing style unsettling. Cheers!
The description has such an unsettling, overconfident, llm-style tone for a project described as something to challenge LLM hallucinations.
I feel like I'm missing the benefit of doing this kind of spam. Dead Internet theory?
Their post history reads so strongly like chatgpt's writing style, at least to me. Editorial titles too. What a weird angle for such a new account.
Are there any public announcements anywhere?
So I was shopping with my wife today and I said "oh let's see if my membership helps out." So we went and added the same item to each of our carts, and to our surprise, the total was the same! So what is it exactly that I'm paying for in this membership if the items "original price" is higher for me than it is for regular shoppers?
I find keeping a phone longer than three years absurd, guess we like different things!