I'm truly sick of hearing that the phone is the only device that matters. I use my phone very, very sparingly, and only when I'm away from my laptop. A phone isn't the nicest device for consuming the web, and I doubt it's even the most popular.
Your exasperation is understandable, but the popularity of phones is often backed up by trafic numbers.
‘Often’: many websites don’t see this; I’m willing to bet those I use regularly (StackOverflow, HN) aren’t even close. Most analyst describe a currently slight majority for phone metrics (except time on the site); more importantly, demographic elements suggest phone attention share will grow.
> I'm truly sick of hearing that the phone is the only device that matters.
‘Only’: OC hasn’t said exactly that -- he talked about authentification; most people don’t really say that either. Many journalists exagerate a trend and slight majority, but I would (tongue-in-cheek) blame you first for reading badly written magazines.
My experience is that authentification is safer for non-developer users on their smartphone: you have a lot more stream for consistent two-factor authentification; physical security is better for something in your pocket most of the time; it’s the only random-key generator (capable) most people have close to them. Roughly half of users users actually lock the damn thing…
