▲ 218 ▼ Your Phone Was Designed to Stop Working. The EU Just Made That Illegal. The United States Has Not. (thefirmo.com) submitted 4 months ago by VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to c/anticonsumption@slrpnk.net 20 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -13 points 4 months ago (4 children) You're the minority keeping your phone that long. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Randelung@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 child) You've got it backwards. People getting a new phone is a consequence of planned obsolescence. It's the literal point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago No. People get rid of their perfectly fine phones all the time.. They didn't even look into replacing batteries. permalink fedilink source parent [–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 months ago (1 child) Nah, the only reason any of my friends get a new phone is when their old phone breaks too. Hyperconsumerism is not normal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago Yeah I'm sure the guy hanging out in solar punk Lemmy is highly representative 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Randelung@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (1 child) You've got it backwards. People getting a new phone is a consequence of planned obsolescence. It's the literal point. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago No. People get rid of their perfectly fine phones all the time.. They didn't even look into replacing batteries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago No. People get rid of their perfectly fine phones all the time.. They didn't even look into replacing batteries. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] faythofdragons@slrpnk.net 11 points 4 months ago (1 child) Nah, the only reason any of my friends get a new phone is when their old phone breaks too. Hyperconsumerism is not normal. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago Yeah I'm sure the guy hanging out in solar punk Lemmy is highly representative 👍 permalink fedilink source parent
[–] makeshift0546@lemmy.today -2 points 4 months ago Yeah I'm sure the guy hanging out in solar punk Lemmy is highly representative 👍 permalink fedilink source parent