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How about we mandate user replaceable batteries (with some kind of wording to make it easy enough for normal humans with no glue and connectors that don't snap

How about we mandate user replaceable batteries (with some kind of wording to make it easy enough for normal humans with no glue and connectors that don't snap easily). Once upon a time I had an HTC Evo 4G that I could do this with. Mandating that they admit the death date seems to be baking in some level of stockholm syndrome.

throwaway98797 4y ago
id prefer they didn’t for now society has voted with their dollars to support my preferences
- lamontcg 4y ago
  we haven't 'voted' we aren't given any options and companies have figured out that not enough of us will rebel that they can maximize their profits by planned obsolescence and externalizing the problem of their electronic waste.
- ornornor 4y ago
  Why would you prefer they didn’t? How is producing tons and tons of e waste each year and having you spend an extra few hundreds every single year unnecessarily is something you’d prefer to keep on doing? And it’s not like the alternative would prevent you from doing it. You could still throw your phone away every couple of year and buy the new incarnation of you really wanted to still set your money on fire. It would take nothing away from you but make everyone else’s life a little better. I don’t get it.
  - throwaway98797 4y ago
    it would cost more or make the phone less well designed i prefer aesthetic over upgradability. i’m sure it won’t surprise you but i buy a new iPhone nearly every year. this isn’t meant to troll but to show you that people can care this much about how something looks and feels in their hands over some {insert ideal}
    - lamontcg 4y ago
      i prefer upgradeability and maintainability. i literally cannot choose that. you're the one who gets what you want. which is a market failure. and is literally bad for the planet.
scarface74 4y ago
Could you drop your HTC Evo 4G in water and it still work?
- vladvasiliu 4y ago
  I could drop my Galaxy S5 in water, and it would still work. I actually rode around for several hours in the pouring rain with it attached to my motorbike handlebars, and it still worked.

throwaway98797 4y ago

id prefer they didn’t for now society has voted with their dollars to support my preferences

lamontcg 4y ago
we haven't 'voted' we aren't given any options and companies have figured out that not enough of us will rebel that they can maximize their profits by planned obsolescence and externalizing the problem of their electronic waste.
ornornor 4y ago
Why would you prefer they didn’t? How is producing tons and tons of e waste each year and having you spend an extra few hundreds every single year unnecessarily is something you’d prefer to keep on doing? And it’s not like the alternative would prevent you from doing it. You could still throw your phone away every couple of year and buy the new incarnation of you really wanted to still set your money on fire. It would take nothing away from you but make everyone else’s life a little better. I don’t get it.
- throwaway98797 4y ago
  it would cost more or make the phone less well designed i prefer aesthetic over upgradability. i’m sure it won’t surprise you but i buy a new iPhone nearly every year. this isn’t meant to troll but to show you that people can care this much about how something looks and feels in their hands over some {insert ideal}
  - lamontcg 4y ago
    i prefer upgradeability and maintainability. i literally cannot choose that. you're the one who gets what you want. which is a market failure. and is literally bad for the planet.

scarface74 4y ago

Could you drop your HTC Evo 4G in water and it still work?

vladvasiliu 4y ago
I could drop my Galaxy S5 in water, and it would still work. I actually rode around for several hours in the pouring rain with it attached to my motorbike handlebars, and it still worked.