I see, it seems I misunderstood the nuance of your comment. You’re thinking ahead to 30-40 years from now.

That was a general statement because I wasn’t totally sure where you stood, but I thought perhaps you were being misled by those types.

OneUI is reasonably fast and the hardware is chunky enough that nothing feels slow to me, subjectively. I previously had a Fold 2 and the only downgrade from my perspective is the fingerprint reader, which has gotten smaller and has slightly more failures to read. Everything else is fantastic, IMO. The thing feels like a solid brick of a phone while folded and a sturdy tablet when open.

If the narrow screen bugs you, it’s worth considering the Pixel Fold IMO (or perhaps next year’s Pixel Fold 2). I would have gone with it for the Graphene OS support if not for the fact that Samsung offered me $800 to trade in my fold 2, whereas Google offered me $160.

Apple is a big ol’ monopoly with strong cult vibes. I think if we end up with an Apple-dominated culture with that degree of vendor lock-in, we will have collectively failed as a civilization anyhow, so I’m not going to worry about the scenario you’ve described outside of my existing anti-trust, anti-giant-corp politics.