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Fairbuds are Fairphone’s proof that we really could make better tiny gadgets (arstechnica.com)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don't do this not because they can't but because they don't want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (21 children)

and thats fine until you need replacement for a cracked screen or a bad battery and you find out its almost as expensive as a brand new phone. it good that they are doing it but software is just 50% of the problem.

[–] le_saucisson_masquay -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (6 children)

Well Say whatever about apple but my grandma is running an iPhone 5 for years, replaced the battery from a third party repair shop last year and it keep working absolutely perfectly. There was absolutely no issue finding someone to replace it and it costs 40€.

But yeah, if we had bought her a shity android third grade phone, support would be long gone and the thing barely working. Would have bought one or two other phone in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Apple go out of their way to make it difficult for 3rd parties repair shops to get parts and same goes for "official" repair partners who are also gimped in what they're allowed to repair.

I imagine this isn't want you meant when you said say whatever you will about Apple.

[–] le_saucisson_masquay 3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

It's not so much that I'm praising apple but that I'm criticizing android manufacturers. You can make it as much repairable as you want, if you stop updating after 2 year it's as good as dead.

I know we could have bought her a pixel, but they got their own issue. And not so much repairable.

Samsung back in these time, it was 2 year update too and Im not sure even today they keep updating their low end phone for much longer than that. Wouldn't buy a s23 for a grandma that only makes call and some internet search. 😀

[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago

Other than a lack of security updates, what does it matter if the OS isn't updated such that it is unusable?

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