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> For starters I'm 1 person, so the market is not O. And I know of others, and I know I'm not alone

Of all the people you interacted with in any way, shape or form this year, what percentage of those would benefit from this?

It rounds to 0, assuming you’re not a shut-in



If they're a shut-in it definitely rounds to zero


Everything rounds to zero on a big enough scale.


The point you are making is irrelevant as it has nothing to do with my point which is what I want as features on my phone. Whether manufacturers make them or how many other people may want the same as I do is a separate issue.

What phone do you use now and are you satisfied with it?

Tell me that and I may be able to then figure where you are coming from. BTW, read my comment to f6v.


You asked:

> How can you say that, where are your figures/stats/evidence?

I responded with:

> just look outside in the real world?

That’s totally relevant to you asking why no mass-market phones support increasingly niche features that ~0% of the population need or want, and you expanding on this by saying “me and one other person I know want this”…


Read my reply to david-gpu.

I can't make it any clearer, sorry I don't speak Klingon.


> The point I put forward is what I and a small select section of the market wants as features

Or

> “Because the population of people that would actually use that functionality rounds to approximately 0."

> How can you say that, where are your figures/stats/evidence?

Pick one


Wouldn't any percentage below 50% round to zero?


No, obviously not.


It does, to -2 decimal places :)




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