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ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month agoFor the last 30 years, they’ve been trying to charge for dumb shit like wallpapers, screen savers, mouse cursors.
Who are these people who buy them? And what’s wrong with you?
feedum_sneedson@lemmy.world 1 month ago
DJDarren@thelemmy.club 1 month ago
Crazy Frog itensifies
FinishingDutch@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I still have PTSD from the era of the ‘polyphonic ringtone’ hype. Those were the ‘fancier’ ringtones that weren’t just your usual beep or bell.
Usually you’d buy them by sending a text message to some expensive number and it would be sent to your phone. If you were dumb, yoi could get basically scammed into a ‘subscription’ so you’d get sent these expensive ringtones frequently. Many a teen got yelled at for that mistake in the late 90’s.
If you were a tech savvy lad, you could hook your phone up to your Windows PC and upload shitty ringtones yourself as well as wallpapers and such.
These days, who gives a shit? My iPhone ringtone is still the default ring. I honestly don’t care what it is, as it’s usually just annoying anyway.
jonne@infosec.pub 1 month ago
Yeah, that was a cash cow for a few years and now everybody has their phone on vibrate.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I remember watching the rich kid in middle school buy a ring tone right in front of me, flexing that his device could play a 12-second loop of Tubthumping by Chumbawamba.
locuester@lemmy.zip 1 month ago
Yeah, that rich kid Danny. He plays the songs that remind him of the good times and sings the songs that remind him of the better times. Oh Danny Boy, Danny Boy, Danny Boy
BruceTwarzen@lemm.ee 1 month ago
When toy story came out, i saw this toy story pc game. I put all my money together just to then find out that it wasn’t a game, it was a cd rom with like 12 wallpapers on it.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
I would cry so hard.