I don’t have any statistic, but I would guess that the proportion of people wanting a Jack is significantly higher in the group of people interested in buying Fairphone that on the general population.

Fairphone literally does have that statistic. They spent effort to gather that info in order to inform their business decisions. And they report:

We also looked into the consumer data and Fairphone 4’s weight and thickness were more of an issue than the lack of a minijack

That’s fine, but there’s no rational basis for your position, and therefore no reason to call the dude “stupid” regarding that. He thinks life sucks and you don’t but that’s just a difference in values.

The obvious problem is… it’s not possible to ask someone whether they would like to be conceived prior to conception.

Agreed, but how do you go from that to “therefore it’s fine to conceive”?

If someone at a party is passed out and therefore it’s not possible to communicate with them, we assume they don’t consent to anything. Why doesn’t the same reasoning apply here?

He proposed doing it. He has an habit of proposing many things though.

The fact they made it possible is impressive in itself. Sure it’s not competitive for the latest games or such, but society is more and more reliant on smartphones, so having a local option is valuable in itself.

It’s a bit like countries making their own planes instead of buying the F-35, which is better and cheaper. They looked stupid at the time, until Trump came back and it turned out strategic autonomy had value.

As for the price, probably it is due to small production ; but also simply underlines how we got used to not paying the “true” price of things, by moving production to places with cheaper costs & labor.

You’re missing their point, they’re saying from the point of view of those in power millionaires are middle class.

Although there are some that distinguish a “managerial class” that is in-between the middle class and the billionaires : people like CEOs and such, with net worth in the tens of millions but who are not those who benefit the most from the system and are culturally distinct. I think it’s a useful concept personally, as their interests aren’t necessarily the same as the owner class but they still have a lot of political power.