Don’t speak for the council, you dog! You liar!
Short and sweet summary as called out by Gamers Nexus:
Wholeheartedly agree. Wverything else I can understand and maybe even excuse. But auctioning off a prototype that isn’t even yours is so far beyond the line. They have turned into another soulless corporation just like Google, Apple, Microsoft etc. And corporations should never be trusted.
Certainly. But I hope the EU regulators do the same trick as they did with the USB C port rregulation. It is against the rules to make it a walled garden.
The hell are you talking about? Every phone with a user replaceable battery that I have had is still alive and well today. And some of them are over 10 years old. Their batteries are obviously no longer in top shape, but they are still usable. And because they are user replaceable, if it dies, I will just put in a new one.
Even if you are right. Just vote with your wallet. A battery that degenerates too quickly will just kill the sales of the phone it is in.
Also cameras have replaceable batteries. Most live for longer than a modern phone.
And lastly, for fun, let’s say your battery died too quickly because the manufacturer is a dipstick. Just buy a different brand of battery!
Imagine how much easier repairs will be and how much lower the amount of e-waste will be when you can just replace your battery without any tools or knowledge of how to disassemble a smartphone.
Repairability is always something to strive towards. Remember when laptop manufacturers said that a user repairable laptop would be too cumbersome and thick and look bad etc. Then Framework came along and made a wonderful laptop that is user repairable and has tons of cool features. And once you want to upgrade to a more modern CPU, you can upgrade the motherboard and upcycle the older one into a media center, a mini pc or whatever else people have already thought up.
Also it will be fun to watch giant phone companies throw a fit about how this will stifle innovation (ahem Apple). Phones right now require tons of tools to open safely and successfully, because they are glued shut. The excuse they provide is that it is required for water resistance. And yet there were phones with a user replaceable battery and water resistance. And nowadays even phones without water resistance are glued shut.
And the manufacturers call this innovation apparently. That is sad. And it is sad that you believe them.
Wouldn’t you like to know, fedboi.
If you wanna start right now, heres a link to an LTT video on the process https://youtu.be/KBXTnrD_Zs4.
I also just read in some replies above that it doesn’t block youtube ads so be warned.
God the ads are awful. If they start blocking apps like Vanced and Browsers like brave, i will make a PiHole. And they can never block it.
Yeah. I was a lot more cynical before now. Half a year ago I would have said like 5%. And thank you for your service o7.
Currently using the Jerboa app. No complaints. Really nice stuff.
I am fairly tech savvy. It took me some time to understand the fediverse and how it works. The thing is, you need to read stuff to understand. That is well above the capabilities of like 80% of people. Oh, and you won’t believe how many people I have met that have no idea what a server is or how email works. Trust me, the bar for entry is pretty high for the average joe. It’s a good filter though.
Some subs have already decided to go indefinite. They are coordinating in r/ModCoord.
Apple sux ass anyway.