VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Anticonsumption@slrpnk.net · 21 days agoYour Phone Was Designed to Stop Working. The EU Just Made That Illegal. The United States Has Not.thefirmo.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1179arrow-down13cross-posted to: boycottus@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1176arrow-down1external-linkYour Phone Was Designed to Stop Working. The EU Just Made That Illegal. The United States Has Not.thefirmo.comVetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Anticonsumption@slrpnk.net · 21 days agomessage-square20linkfedilinkcross-posted to: boycottus@lemmy.ca
minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down11·21 days agoYou’re the minority keeping your phone that long.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·20 days agoYou’ve got it backwards. People getting a new phone is a consequence of planned obsolescence. It’s the literal point.
minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·20 days agoNo. People get rid of their perfectly fine phones all the time… They didn’t even look into replacing batteries.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·20 days agoNah, the only reason any of my friends get a new phone is when their old phone breaks too. Hyperconsumerism is not normal.
minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down2·20 days agoYeah I’m sure the guy hanging out in solar punk Lemmy is highly representative 👍
You’re the minority keeping your phone that long.
You’ve got it backwards. People getting a new phone is a consequence of planned obsolescence. It’s the literal point.
No. People get rid of their perfectly fine phones all the time… They didn’t even look into replacing batteries.
Nah, the only reason any of my friends get a new phone is when their old phone breaks too. Hyperconsumerism is not normal.
Yeah I’m sure the guy hanging out in solar punk Lemmy is highly representative 👍