Comment on what's stops one from scavenging the best parts of old phones and putting them into a new one?
hperrin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Capitalism, kind of. Practically, the rest of the way. Mobile parts need to be designed really tightly integrated, and standardizing them isn’t really feasible without significant pressure on the market (aka, socialism).
aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 2 weeks ago
LOL, yeah. Capitalism.
Like the great socialist countries are way ahead with modular, standardized mobile handsets.
hperrin@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
You do realize that computers and the internet were invented and developed by the government, right?