@alphanerd4M to US AuthoritarianismEnglish • edit-22 months agoWorkers Make Smartphones. They Design Them, Assemble them and Sell them. Capitalism stole the credit and makes them worseimagemessage-square30arrow-up1268arrow-down120
arrow-up1248arrow-down1imageWorkers Make Smartphones. They Design Them, Assemble them and Sell them. Capitalism stole the credit and makes them worse@alphanerd4M to US AuthoritarianismEnglish • edit-22 months agomessage-square30
minus-squareTar_Alcaranlinkfedilink5•2 months 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@shalafilinkEnglish2•2 months 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@alphanerd4OPMlink1•2 months 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 :(