@alphanerd4 to US AuthoritarianismEnglish • edit-22 days agoWorkers Make Smartphones. They Design Them, Assemble them and Sell them. Capitalism stole the credit and makes them worseimagemessage-square29arrow-up1253arrow-down119
arrow-up1234arrow-down1imageWorkers Make Smartphones. They Design Them, Assemble them and Sell them. Capitalism stole the credit and makes them worse@alphanerd4 to US AuthoritarianismEnglish • edit-22 days agomessage-square29
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink5•1 day agoHonestly, I’ve never really understood the cellphone as the the image of planned obsolescence. I’ve owned every cellphone I’ve had for at least 5 years, and it’s been totally fine. How long are we expecting these things to last?
minus-square@shalafilinkEnglish3•1 day agoI ride my phones until they completely crap out or are destroyed. Then I get on eBay and get another for $150 or so.
minus-square@alphanerd4OPlink1•1 day agoI ve had 2 models of phone where it was the only type of phone I got until they stopped making them :(
Honestly, I’ve never really understood the cellphone as the the image of planned obsolescence. I’ve owned every cellphone I’ve had for at least 5 years, and it’s been totally fine.
How long are we expecting these things to last?
I ride my phones until they completely crap out or are destroyed. Then I get on eBay and get another for $150 or so.
I ve had 2 models of phone where it was the only type of phone I got until they stopped making them :(