• irotsoma@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Because it was designed for very specific tasks. A specialized tool will always be better at the things it’s designed for. Just like a graphics card in a computer is better at processing graphics than a general use CPU even if the CPU is running at much faster speeds.

    But if you didn’t care about those specific tasks or utilize those specific services, then it wasn’t that useful.

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      1 year ago

      A think a lot of people commute to work, take flights, have calendar appointments and reservations. Yet their new services are worse at helping me keep track of those things than something that came out years ago with simpler technology.