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• jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Not really, as it’s a standard you could keep the adaptor longer than the phone. Adaptors keep legacy stuff in use, extending their lives.

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  • Ross_audio@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Making up theories that don’t match reality.

    Is talking to you worth any time at all?

    All dongles break, especially the fairphone ones.

    They are initially unnecessary to manufacture, then become unnecessary waste.

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    • jabjoe@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I don’t get why this works you up so much. The majority of users have gone wire free, and the manufacturers have cost optimized accordingly. They have left backwards compatibility via a standardized adaptor.

      There is no reason the adaptors have to be fragile. You can probably get cables with the adaptor built in to be honest. Like DisplayPort to HDMI between a PC and a TV used to give that old PC a second life as a media PC.

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      • Ross_audio@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        The hypocrisy of encouraging waste while pretending to be against that is what I’m calling out.

        They’re hypocrites and the worse they do the better a competitor for the ethical market can rise.

        To be honest I’d just buy a Nokia. They’re more committed to actually producing a sustainable product at volume.

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