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Nearly 500 smartphone brands have left the market since 2017

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Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨FlyingSquid@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.techspot.com/news/100249-nearly-500-smartphone-brands-have-left-market-since.html

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  • ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Am I the only one surprised there were even that many in the first place?

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    • CoffeeJunkie@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I can’t believe you’ve never heard of Zoogle, Bokia, Pamsung, ACKOOO, ACKOOO2², Votorola…

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      • ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Don’t forget uPhone, GRE, Hawaii, Mulberry, Lentuvo, and Hitsubishi.

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      • dx1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Chinese companies love the ACKOOO type names. UGRADV, SUPERQ, KXKLMPHONE, that kind of thing.

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    • genoxidedev1@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      With all the shitbrands on amazon and similar sites I was only half surprised but still 100% more surprised than I should have been.

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    • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The movement for free and open source software has not achieved a world in which most people use only FOSS. But it has achieved a world where there is a lot of diversity in technology, including many Android smartphone brands you haven’t heard of.

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    • toddestan@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Maybe they are counting all the times Microsoft launched a new brand of phone and then unceremoniously killed about 6 months later?

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  • master5o1@lemmy.nz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Were they real or just shit novelty, scams, or rebadges and sister brands of those multi brand companies like BBK?

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    • 3laws@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      LG was the shit. Best DAC, first to the multi cam game, clean looks, innovative designs, pristine screens.

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      • Klystron@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I miss my fingerprint reader on the back 😭

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      • InvertedParallax@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        V30, V35, V60, they put out incredible designs.

        But fuck one goat (V20 bootloop)…

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      • ramblinguy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The only LG phone I ever had, it just randomly decided to not boot one day. Apparently it was a common issue, and they were not giving any refunds, at least when I asked. I swore off of LG then, and I wouldn’t be surprised if many other people did as well.

        I think the phone was the LG G4: …m.wikipedia.org/…/LG_smartphone_bootloop_issues

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      • phx@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        LG and HTC. The Razor Phone 2 was also pretty cool but didn’t sell well so they didn’t make a third gen

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      • almost1337@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Went from v10 to v20 to v60. Not sure what I’ll do when this dies.

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      • andyMFK@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I have no idea what I’m gonna do when my LG eventually dies. I went from the v30 to the v40 and now the v50. Not a single phone on the market offers what I want in a phone anymore

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      • ThrowawayPermanente@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        As the former owner of a G3, hard disagree.

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      • TheSaneWriter@lemmy.thesanewriter.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I liked that my LG phone had a back made of metal. I don’t like that phones are entirely glass now, it makes them feel delicate and fragile and they get covered with fingerprints immediately.

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      • MacGuffin94@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m running my V60 into the ground. Easily the best phone I’ve ever had and I’m really disappointed I won’t be able to get another LG when this one dies.

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      • gnygnygny@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        First really modular phone. But the conception and logic of LG was sometimes very disappointing like the humidity sensor on the mainboard blocking the touchscreen on the G5. That was betting against customers.

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    • dustyData@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Lot’s of crypto phones as well, who scammed promised users to return them the value of the phone by using it to mine some shitcoin.

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  • concrete_baby@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    HTC was truly a pioneer.

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    • glad_cat@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      My first Android phone and it was amazing. Now I see that they make a “blockchain phone,” I hope it’s a fucking joke.

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    • jballs@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The HTC Evo 3D was a bad ass!

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      • tehmics@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        If by that you mean bad and ass, I agree. The 3d wasn’t well supported it was pretty much just a worse version of the HTC Sensation at the time. I was always jealous of the Sensation, it was like the Nexus One’s big brother

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    • orca@orcas.enjoying.yachts ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I still have a white HTC Dream, aka the G1. It’s still dope.

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  • sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s capitalism, baby! Thanks for playing!

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    • shalafi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Well, yes, that’s how it works. What’s the problem? We should have 500 factories cranking out pollution and waste vs. the cream of the crop rising up?

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      • neptune@dmv.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s not really how it works. I would bet most of these companies were building their phones in the same factories as other small time brands. It’s not like they were all making their own chips and capacitors and assembling every last piece.

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      • sebinspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I’m mocking the fact that the articles are often written in such a way that I should feel sorry for the companies that die, like how we killed the Diamond industry and the fashion industry and gasp the napkin industry

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    • Illuminostro@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      “THERE’S NO CRYING IN CAPITALISM!”

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      • Ryantific_theory@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        *cries a lot in capitalism*

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  • hark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Smartphones have reached a maturity level where upgrades aren’t really exciting. Sure there are the usual hardware power upgrades (and even those don’t really open up new applications), but in terms of features they’re not coming out with anything really novel. Last thing I could think of is bringing back folding which I do find appealing, but not for the cost or the reliability issues.

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    • locuester@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One of them has to do 3d camera sooner than later. It’s so close… just need another camera at the bottom back of the phone.

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      • Jumpinship@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        This has been tried and I’ve tried one out back in android KitKat days. Glassless display and all. HTC phone. They’re now bankrupt. The battery lasted a few seconds, and the display was not amazing, and even if done better today it’s a gimmic at best

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      • vonbaronhans@midwest.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        There have been plenty of phones and tablets with 3D camera systems. It’s just not something that most consumers really want or need, so it tends not to become mainstream.

        It still comes up every now and then. The iPhone 15 has a computational 3D camera thing it can do, but I’ve seen virtually no buzz about the feature.

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      • hark@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        The problem with 3D pictures is needing something to view them on. I’ve heard of one phone from maybe a decade ago that had a full 3D display that could be viewed from a wide range of angles, but it cost way too much and heavily sacrificed display resolution. Without widespread adoption, it’s doomed to be mostly a gimmick. Some would argue that it’ll always be a gimmick, but I think if it was widespread it’d basically be like high resolution i.e. an enhanced way of looking at content. Maybe not mindblowing after you’re used to it, but worthwhile if it can be done without sacrificing too much.

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      • tehmics@lemmynsfw.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I had it, it was called the HTC Evo 3D. Used the same type of display as the 3ds. Wasn’t particularly well supported but it technically worked I guess.

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  • applejacks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    We are heading towards a future of Apple, Samsung, and Google, with even the latter two struggling to stay afloat.

    And to be fair, Google deserves a lot of the blame for this happening.

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    • seaneoo@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      How is Samsung struggling to stay afloat? Samsung has had the largest global market share for years.

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      • war@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Apple fanboys like to dream big.

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      • HaKeNdoR@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes. But I think most importantly, Samsung can spin out budget phones and actually sell it. No one’s buying cheap Apple product. Currently mostly it is a status symbol… as most-if-not-all high end phones. Don’t get me wrong, great devices but we all know what kind of personalities mostly go for Apple stuff.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Looks like Samsung and Apple trade off on leader of global market share, but Samsung is second place when it isn’t first.

        counterpointresearch.com/…/global-smartphone-shar…

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    • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Tell me you only live in an American bubble without telling me you live in an American bubble.

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      • applejacks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        How much money do you think OEMs make off selling cheap Android phones?

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    • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Google, sure. But Samsung has more marketshare than Apple.

      counterpointresearch.com/…/global-smartphone-shar…

      20% Samsung 17% Apple 12% Xiaomi 10% OPPO 8% Vivo

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    • dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I’d doubt Samsung will be struggling to stay afloat. They’re so diversified they could pick one of their departments to throw money at and just run at a loss in perpetuity, if they felt like it. Apple makes phones, computers, and phone and computers accessories.

      Samsung makes phones and computers. And chips. And container ships.

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      • EddieTee77@lemdro.id ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        And insurance, and healthcare, and construction, etc. They are involved in so many different industries it’s almost hard to believe.

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      • applejacks@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yea, was just talking about their phone lines, not them as a company.

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    • dimspace@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Huawei and Honor can both survive purely on domestic sales before you even worry about ROW.

      No idea why you think there are only three brands, or why you think the US is the only market that matters (it’s fairly obvious you are US based)

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    • Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Absolutely nothing good came from them ending the Nexus program. I LOVED all the variety in Nexus. The Pixel phones are just shitty iPhone clones with barely better features.

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      • GopherOwl@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I wouldn’t even say better features. This will be my last Pixel. I’m tired of Google just not maintaining their products at all.

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  • csm10495@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I want a phone with a built in projector… and a bigger battery… and something else I haven’t thought of yet.

    I miss new features and innovation.

    Since we have neither, give me modularization to let me have ^

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    • potoo22@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Phone makers: hmm this isn’t selling. Guess we’ll only make phones that look like and do the exact same things as every other phone.

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    • RedBauble@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      That was the Motorola Moto Z series for ya, had pins on the back for modules to be attached. Some modules were a battery pack, jbl speaker, a projector, and even a little printer to have the phone work like a polaroid

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      • IHaveTwoCows@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I had one of those (and still have Motos) and it was cool but a short-lived novelty. I had the speaker attachment.

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      • c0mbatbag3l@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I was just wiping my Force 2 the other day to install an unlocked OS and was impressed how much battery life that clip on pack gives it.

        Without it the Force 2 was the slimmest phone on the market and with the pack on it just feels normal. Yet I can get like three days out of it, and I bought it in 2017.

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      • negativeyoda@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Also the LGG5 to a lesser extent. I had a chin module that acted as an extra battery and fine control for the camera.

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    • ours@lemmy.film ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      RIP project ARA.

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      • MMNT@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        I hate that Google killed that project. Haken’s block phone is still a great concept that is now used for Framework laptops. I hope thats someone can start doing that for mobiles. Fairphone is OK, but still far from Haken’s idea.

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  • malchior@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    LG failed because for some stupid reason, they decided to sell 9 million different phones between countries.

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    • MartinXYZ@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I miss LG phones. They always tried weird shit with their flagships; curved phone?done. Modular phone? Yes. Two screens? Yup. Also their V-series was probably the best phones ever for those of us who value good audio higher than great cameras.

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  • doublejay1999@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    apple & china robbed us of so much, if you’re a gadget guy.

    i had sony phones, laptops, palm pilots, panasonic bit and bobs.

    i get that technology has advanced infinitely in the last 20 years, but we are on a very narrow path at the moment.

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    • elucubra@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Sony still makes phones, some super high end

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    • Pratai@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yeah…and google had nothing to do with that. It was ALL Apple & China.

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  • WuTang@lemmy.ninja ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    what was their added value despite cutting down price with their poor hw and integration, shitty drivers?

    I mean, FairPhone, Librem, PinePhone have real value and strategy, sure not perfect but this Vitamin (real chinese/french mark), LIPOq or VARK chinese knock-off phones, really, what did they expect?

    those craps were like throwaway cameras in the 90’s.

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    • space@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      But I loved my HTC 10. And let’s not forget about LG. Also, Sony, Motorola, Nokia are just a shadow of their former selves.

      Today your main choices are Apple, Samsung or a Chinese brand (Oppo, Xiaomi etc). Sure, there are those niche phones like Pixels and Fairphones used mostly by nerds, but they are a tiny market.

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  • kamen@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Wow. I can hardly name 50 brands, let alone 500.

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  • EmperorHenry@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I didn’t even know there were that many.

    I’ve been using motorolla android phones for like…16 years now.

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    • Spaniard@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Motorola phones for me and my family, they are reliable and work. At work they give me Samsung phones I guess that knox things sells to companies.

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  • Jocker@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    They all did the same, without innovation there won’t be another big smartphone brand.

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    • pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Somebody pls come along and make a phone with headphone jack, micro sd slot, and fingerprint sensor.

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  • sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I thought there were only 2 brands

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    • blanketswithsmallpox@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Anyone paying for flagship phones has too much money and no need for a camera that great.

      Blu phones all the way.

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    • ripcord@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      I bet most people can name 6 or do.

      But that's about it.

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  • Rentlar@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    I liked some of them. I still wonder how many were Amazon’s random relabeled crap like AIUEO.

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  • possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Its good weak companies are getting thined out. Its sad but necessary

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    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Uhhh
      Why is that good
      How is that good in any way
      Who does that help

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  • rainynight65@feddit.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    That’s about 450 more than the market ever needed.

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