#600 million credits is expensive even for me so i'll probably have to resist

[greyias]

Not me even beginning to contemplate spending an ungodly amount of credits so I can dress up another companion to cosplay as Rass so I can pretend Ben is running around with his boo.

EDIT: Wait a second... there might be something closer that's technically craftable... 🤔

[alonelystargazer]

why are smartphones so impractical now?

I currently have a galaxy S10 that I've had for 3 years now and I'll probably keep at least for another year but just out of curiosity I checked out the new Galaxy S24 and there's no headphone jack so your forced to use Bluetooth headphones? (do they sell wired headphones with USB-C Jack instead of a 3.5 mm jack?) no SD card slot for expandable storage so you're either stuck with limited storage or forced to buy the higher storage option? there's like a million lenses on the back taking up space and are probably just placebos for people to believe they're using high quality cameras for their photos

the only features that are still available from my "outdated" phone model that matter to me are wired charging and water resistance

I personally do NOT need AI assistance or face ID or fingerprint scanning or anything else that requires my biometric data to be stored on the manufacturer's servers or whatever

thank goodness that phones are still available unlocked and can be used with prepaid wireless providers bc I would never want to be stuck in a contract with a phone provider and pay for a new phone over the course of 2 years, so you don't even technically own it but also by the time you've paid it off the phone is "outdated" so what's the point? if it's to build credit there's other ways of doing it

ugh don't mind me I'm just being grumpy bc I don't really like what tech companies are currently doing and what the future of tech looks like

not to mention that smartphones are just too damn expensive now, like even the base models of some phones are minimum $600 like that's rent money!!