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[–] [email protected] 192 points 8 months ago (8 children)

“this is a company for grown ups.”

That's too bad. I was thinking of getting their phone when I needed a new one, I guess I'll just add them to my mental list of companies to avoid.

[–] [email protected] 78 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m a grown up. I’ve been remote for a decade. I’m pretty successful too.

[–] [email protected] 45 points 8 months ago

Right? Imagine thinking that working in a cubicle is something to aspire to as a "grown up." Fuck that. I'll continue working from home, like an adult, thanks.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 8 months ago (1 children)

goddamn i read parts of the article trying to figure out which company... Im not a marketing guy, but nobody can tell me that "nothing" is marketable brand.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Clearly it's not a company for grown ups because you think they're all children that won't play together unless you cram them into a classroom and tell them, "Make nice."

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Right? Grown ups can be trusted to get their work done without someone watching them all the time. It's small children who need constant supervision.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Part of it is literally named teenage engineering! The division working on the earbuds.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_Engineering

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

Teenage Engineering is a hardware design firm that Nothing contracts with for hardware design. They aren't a division of Nothing and they don't work on just earbuds.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 8 months ago

Teenage engineering partnered with Nothing. That isn’t the same thing.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

“this is a company for grown ups.”

When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up. – C.S. Lewis

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

If only most CEO's knew how to read. smh

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Don't I have one and it's the only Android device I've owned that crashes and reboots almost daily. I can't recall any other device ever doing it actually.

This company's all about the next gimmick and couldn't care less about actually making decent phones.