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		swiley on Feb 22, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Linus Torvalds on Why ARM Won't Win the Server Spa... It’s definitely a different kind of work. In general, smartphone software is built to discourage creative work and focus on either reading or communicating.

thinkmassive on Feb 22, 2019 [–]

I would expand “reading” to “consumption” because mobile devices are frequently used for audio and video in addition to reading (which is probably more “browsing” than long-form reading).

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