VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Anticonsumption@slrpnk.net · 4 months agoYour Phone Was Designed to Stop Working. The EU Just Made That Illegal. The United States Has Not.thefirmo.comexternal-linkmessage-square20linkfedilinkarrow-up1228arrow-down15
arrow-up1223arrow-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 · 4 months agomessage-square20linkfedilink
minus-squaremakeshift0546@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down14·4 months agoYou’re the minority keeping your phone that long.
minus-squareRandelung@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16·4 months 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-up2arrow-down4·4 months agoNo. People get rid of their perfectly fine phones all the time… They didn’t even look into replacing batteries.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·4 months 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-up1arrow-down3·4 months 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 👍