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⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
Before BT headsets even existed, all of them were wired and none of them required lithium batteries or chips inside.

Having to buy something makes it bad isn’t really an argument.

It costs resources to produce. It is the one of the main missions of FP to reduce this by having to not by a new device if your current one breaks. If buying a new one wasn’t a problem, why are they trying to make it repairable?

They are easily repairable and you don’t have to throw them away if the battery goes bad (just replace it).

You get it.

If you start reasoning like that its better to start living in the woods with no possessions at all.

Taking my argument to the extreme naturally makes it absurd. But living in the woods isn’t my point.

If you look at FP’s yearly financial statements, you can see how they are struggling. In 2021 and 2022 they were roughly at a breakeven point, turning basically no profit, in 2023 their operating loss was 37% of their net turnover.

See previous comment:

I’m saying it is very hypocritical and goes against their brand. If they simply came out and said: Look guys making phones sustainably cost too much, we need to sell higher margin items like dongles, BT earbuds and cases to have enough cashflow to continue manufacturing and R&D.

Ok, fair enough. I would say.

But trying to justify and greenwashing the whole ordeal is insulting. The tactic is straight out of Apple’s “Think different” book. Paying more for reduced functionality. Only for them to sell you more accessories for even more money.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:
I think I had this all wrong. Fairphone isn’t / doesn’t want to be an enthusiast DIY brand at all (like framework for laptops) but a mainstream brand that’s eco-friendlier* and non-exploitative.

So of course they will not care much about niche features like other ROMs or audio jacks. The privacy focused, tech-savvy or feature focused buyers are not their target.

*IC and PCB related footprint is still roughly 80% of the FP4 and FP has little to no control on those processes, according to an independent study.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

How is that a bad thing?

I have to buy them? Every replaceable and repairable stuff is manufactured and has an impact.

About 90% of other brands you can throw them away if the battery goes bad or they break.

I don’t have any of those, for related reasons. The best one can do is to consume less and less often.

Buying a USB-C-2-Jack dongle or BT headset is anything but eco-friendly. It goes straight against the whole brand if you need to buy new stuff in addition to make it work.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Are you a murican? Cuz you really sound like USA is your whole world.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I’m saying it is very hypocritical and goes against their brand. If they simply came out at said: Look guys making phones sustainable cost too much, we need to sell higher margin items like like dongles, BT earbuds and cases to have enough cashflow.

Ok, fair enough. I would say.

But trying to justify and greenwash the whole ordeal is insulting. The tactic is straight out of Apple’s “Think different” book. Paying more for reduced functionality. Only for them to sell you more accessories for even more money.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
I guess, I will find out when the need arises. Hasn’t happened in 4.5 years yet.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
And an attack on his character is of zero relevance to the topic of Fairphone and jack ports.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Of course they are going to offer dongles too! The profit margins are way better on those. Fuck what the users want, we want money!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
Very strange how mine can somehow fit a 7000mAh battery, dual SIM + SD card slot and a regular jack. Hmm…
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Fairphone announces the €599 Fairphone 6, with a 6.31" 120Hz LTPO OLED display, a Snapdragon 7s Gen 3 chip, and enhanced modularity with 12 swappable parts⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:
All I needed to know was when they released their BT earbuds just when the jack port got removed to figure out where their priorities are.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨WaaaaAAALLLEEEeee⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
A modern high-end BMW can have over a hundred separate ECUs (microcontrollers). All communicating over multiple CAN and FlexRay networks. The complexity is mind boggling, just so you can have subscription based seat heating and other nonsense.

No technician on Earth will be able to debug this black box spaghetti except the manufacturer. If you try to access/reprogram one of these chips (as you should be able as you OWN the damn thing), the microcontroller has OTP (one time programmable) memory that ensures the device can physically brick itself should you try.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨PLEASE bro⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:
What’s next, are you going to tell me gravity waves aren’t the same as gravitational waves?
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨xkcd #3087: Pascal's Law⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
No, you’re right, pulleys are mechanical witchcraft, I tell you!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Thats fair⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
The adults: I learned to live with it and now it became part of my identity

The kids: this sucks! everyone’s mean to me and the world makes no sense!
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Choose a number, 1-5!⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:
New road I vengence
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Morpheus Actor Laurence Fishburne Reveals He Was Turned Down for The Matrix Resurrections — So He Might Not Be Back for Matrix 5 Either - IGN⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
That’s actually crazy to me. There must be some untold personal reason.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anime wisdom⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
The first one actually makes sense in a moral and logical context. (Eg. It’s technically correct that a bullet can make you quit smoking, but it still isn’t right.)
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hexbear has moved⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

Chapo.chat has the same access problem that led to the current state of hexbear.net so it is to be considered temporary.
⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A bit rubbery...⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:
Ice crystals can and do rupture cells. But it’s not a good method to disinfect as a lot depends on the freezing rate resulting in different crystal sizes.