alphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agoWorkers Make Smartphones. They Design Them, Assemble them and Sell them. Capitalism stole the credit and makes them worselemmy.worldimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down119
arrow-up1232arrow-down1imageWorkers Make Smartphones. They Design Them, Assemble them and Sell them. Capitalism stole the credit and makes them worselemmy.worldalphanerd4@lemmy.world to US Authoritarianism@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-21 day agomessage-square29fedilink
minus-squareTar_Alcaran@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 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-squareshalafi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 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-squarealphanerd4@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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 :(