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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people "bought".

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

but they refuse to add wireless charging (even as an add-on) and they also removed the headphone jack

I discounted the headphone jack because your comment included the Pixel, but I feel the same. My current phone has a jack and I tend to use it quite often. Also, I don't see a good reason to require another batteried device that I need to worry about, on top of it potentially not working in high interference environments.
This has been one of the 2 main reasons why I haven't taken one yet. The other being non-availability.

I am still unable to understand how important wireless charging might be.

I really just wish I could get a handheld pocketable computer with a cellular radio and GPS navigation related sensors, with some version of UEFI on which I could install whatever Linux I wanted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I guess I am really rough on my USB C ports? I just plug them in at night and lay my phone on the bed, but after just 2.5 years my Sony 5ii is already getting loose. I clean it out with a toothpick occasionally, but I will probably have to replace the port next year. Everything else about wireless charging is shit to me, but not stressing the port is worth it.

My nokia (HMDGlobal) 7.1 the charging port literally stopped charging after 8 months and then every 2-3 months for the 2 years I had that one. That was the lowest of the low quality phones lol.

What you seem to want is a a PMOS phone with with Plasma Mobile

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

An anecdote, I insisted on getting wireless charging with my last phone change because my Sony Xperia XZ premium (that I loved) became a brick after the usb c port failed about 18 months in

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

What you seem to want is a a PMOS phone with with Plasma Mobile

You got that right. And TIL that the Fairphone 4 support for that is less than what I would require. i.e. GPS, Mobile Data, SMS, Calls ...

Perhaps, if some day I can justify buying a phone with that price tag just for testing purposes, I'll try helping with the support of those features..