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

submitted 7 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] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The business models of the current tech giants are very much based on planned obsolescence. Selling you a gadget for $ 1000 every two years will always be more profitable than selling you one very five years and doing service in the meantime.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Selling you a gadget for $ 1000 every two years will always be more profitable than selling you one very five years and doing service in the meantime.

Are you aware that the current version of iOS is supported by the phones Apple released in 2018? And they're still releasing security updates for the prior version, with support for 2017's iPhone 8?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 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.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Even for unrepairable, at fault replacement(you stepped on it) apple will normally sell you a reconditioned perfect replacement for 50% the cost.

Reliable repair and ultrafast swap and restore are one off the reasons I stick with apple.

In no case is it ever “ almost the price of a new one”.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

ill repost this for good measure:

thats the price of another equivalent, or a decent brand new android.