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Your Phone Was Designed to Stop Working. The EU Just Made That Illegal. The United States Has Not. (thefirmo.com)
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[+] -14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

Sorry, I'm tired of this shit.

It's already, today in the states, absurdly easy to repair your phone and battery. There is none of this bullshit preventing you from installing a new battery.

I'm not against phones being repairable, but they already mostly are and nobody gives or will give a fuck. People replace phones and cars because they have small scratches and are just old. They just want the latest and greatest every year and phone are a trival cost compared to rent πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ.

We're burning shit down, stop passing the blame.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    My ten year old phone has a battery that still lasts the day on a charge. I'm only looking to upgrade because it doesn't get security updates any more. My bank app doesn't work any more because of this.

    That's planned obsolescence.

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  • [+] -13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    You're the minority keeping your phone that long.

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Modern smartphones are notoriously difficult to repair and get parts or diagrams for, idk what you're on about

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago

    It's both. I tried to repair my last phone but it would have cost me more in special parts than to just buy a new one. Meanwhile my family members are buying new phones because theirs are a little slow or have a crack in the screen. I've known so many people to ditch their iPhone for the latest model regardless of how well theirs was functioning. And I know a ton of people who are clinging onto an almost-new phone that randomly shuts off every 30 minutes because "it still works" or just keep buying new batteries until the software stops updating.

    I guess what I'm saying is that planned obsolescence is bullshit AND we have a consumerist culture that encourages people to always want the latest and greatest. We need tech that lasts and is easily repaired and we need people to prioritize using what they have

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Tell me you’ve never swapped a modern iphone’s battery without saying it.

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  • [–] 5 points 4 months ago

    I did. It's a soft mess that isn't easy to remove because it's glued to the case. I was twisting and prying and suddenly it got extremely hot so I ripped it out before it destroyed the whole phone. The change was succesful, but I accidentally ripped out the flat cable connecting the volume rockers to the board.

    Absurdly easy my ass.

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