Used devices still break and end in landfills, though, used might be better than new for carbon output today, but repairable is gonna win out in that regard long term
gigachad@feddit.de 11 months ago
It’s a great thing, and I hope the industry (with motivation by EU) will follow a trend towards repairability and sustainability. However I think the most sustainable way is buying used devices.
echo64@lemmy.world 11 months ago
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
even better, a used repairable phone.
gigachad@feddit.de 11 months ago
Hopefully in the future repairable and used can go hand in hand! Those are not mutually exclusive attributes.
KpntAutismus@lemmy.world 11 months ago
they’re selling refurbished FP4s now but yeah, buy used phones, or at least B-stock.
nottheengineer@feddit.de 11 months ago
Unfortunately you need something with long firmware and software support. Qualcomm is your enemy, they stop updating the firmware of their chips after about two years and that’s why android phones often stop getting updates less than 2 years after you buy them.
gigachad@feddit.de 11 months ago
That’s true. I use LineageOS to get at least OS updates, but firmware is definitely problematic. I just wished mobile hardware would be more generic like in Desktop PCs, that would solve a lot of problems.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 11 months ago
We need a phone equivalent of the 80’s BIOS wars.
But is not in anyone’s best interest to spend the resources to develop a standardized hardware interface. Though at this point you’d think it would be straightforward to use UEFI.