I use computers at work. Outside of work I use my phone, my Steamdeck, and my PS5 for my needs/entertainment. After fixing and working on computers all day, I don’t wanna even see another computer after I leave the office. So I just don’t own one. I borrow my grandma’s laptop if I absolutely need to use a computer outside of work lol.

I use mostly my phone for everything not work related. It’s in my pocket at all times. It’s faster than my ancient ThinkPad. It uses less power. It has a higher resolution screen. It has better speakers. Other than keyboard, it’s better in every way.

Unless I need to type more than 3 minutes, or open more than 3 tabs, I just use my phone. Includes sshing into the odd server for a quick check or tweak.

My wife uses her laptop maybe once a month. Most “normies” rarely use a computer, some even don’t own one.

I imagine Lemmy skews WAY to the side of PCs/computers. But the average consumer is almost exclusively using their phone for everything except work and taxes. I’m a digital native and I even find browsing Lemmy to be easier via app than browser.

I may be an outlier (well, maybe not on lemmy…), but I have 4 PCs that I use regularly:

• Daily driver laptop
• Work-ish laptop
• Storage server
• Utility server

These are the ones I am left with after getting rid of some hardware I didn’t need.

I use my phone a lot when I just don’t feel like starting up my computer

I only use my phone when not at home. At home, it’s about 50/50 tablet/desktop.

I use both. I actually hate web browsing on my phone. Mobile websites are often absolute dogshit and I hate having to read articles on a small screen. I also absolutely fucking HATE shopping on mobile. I do all purchases via my Desktop PC. No idea how people use mobile for all this stuff.

I’ve only ever used a high end gaming PC (cost me about $5,300, but it was worth it) to play games, draw, browse the internet, and social media. I’m really not a smartphone kind of person and I think it’s because I’m mostly a PC gamer who has grown accustomed to always having a huge 27-inch 2K screen and having everything respond instantaneously, as opposed to a 3-5 second input lag on everything.

I don’t think Lemmy is the right sample to ask this question. Definitely a lot of gamers and tech enthusiasts here.

Personally I avoid doing computer tasks on my phone if I can at all help it. Trying to accomplish tasks on a tiny mobile screen is just frustrating and limited. Have both desktop and laptop that I prefer to use.

Millennial in the US. These are my main devices: iPhone, gaming pc, steam deck, and an old MacBook Pro.

• iPhone - general phone use, killing time browsing Lemmy when I should be working, playing roms, and Pokémon GO.
• Gaming pc - primary. I prefer doing everything here including shopping because fuck shopping on a phone, I’m a millennial and for big purchases I have to use a big screen and a computer.
• Steam Deck - mobile PC gaming for couch and occasions I’m away from home for a long time.
• MacBook - secondary PC, only when I need a PC and don’t want or can’t be at my desk.

Honestly with how far right big tech has moved, along with the predatory tracking and telemetry, I’m considering giving up smart phones for good. Not sure I even want to bother switching to a Pixel with Graphene OS after my iPhone is done.

I miss simplicity, so I’m actively evaluating if a dumb phone (or even an e-ink dumb phone) is right for me. I’m also evaluating lugging my laptop around when I’m out and about because I can simply buy mobile service and plug in a USB cell modem if I need internet. My old 2012 MacBook Pro running Linux doesn’t track me and treat me like data cattle, so it may be worth carrying that around since I don’t get the same feeling of disgust compared to when I look at my smartphone.

Big tech ruined everything.

Edit: on mobile, fixed some typos

For consumption of content, phone to laptop use is probably about 70% phone and 30% laptop.

For production of content, 20% phone and 80% laptop, with Lemmy being a large part of the 20% phone production.

Big purchases require big screen.

Question: am I on the toilet?

Smartphone is my least common choice. PC most of the time, smart tv for YouTube, tablet, then phone.

The average non-tech person only has a phone. And maybe a shared family notebook if at any point someone needed a computer for things that you can’t do on the phone (like filing taxes and such).