• KingKong33@lemmy.ml
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    On average, people replace their phone every four years. This is generally driven by people’s desire for a new device, including for the functionalities provided by new models.

    No, its driven by aggressive marketing, manipulation, and consumerism, you degenerate fucks.

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      And their active de-rating of the hardware. And the inability to repair the otherwise easily repairable USB charger port. You gotta carefully not break your screen into a billion pieces, then replace the USB connector and battery. Simple, except for the part where you gotta not break your screen.

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        Oh found a phone that is moderately repairable? Well fuck you the bootloader is locked (Looking at you, HMD)