misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 months agoSo long, small phoneswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square285fedilinkarrow-up1591arrow-down132cross-posted to: compactphones@lemmy.worldandroid@lemdro.idtechnews@radiation.party
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minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down2·8 months agoConspiracy part of my brain wants to say thats by design… To artificially increase sales by replacing broken ones. Same reason they sealed up the phones so you couldnt replace the batteries/repair them.
minus-squareemptiestplace@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoas far as conspiracies go I think you could probably do better
minus-squareA_Random_Idiot@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·8 months agonot everyone is bold enough to artificially slow down the phone to frustrate you into upgrading like Apple did.
minus-squareMeganium97@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoJust saying, we need a sub called “inconspiracies” where every post is literally just a known (or assumed) fact that sounds like a conspiracy
minus-squarePrincessLeiasCat@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 months agoMonths ago my coworker and I were joking that something similar would be a funny podcast, then we both went no. No one should ever do this….it would not end well.
Conspiracy part of my brain wants to say thats by design… To artificially increase sales by replacing broken ones.
Same reason they sealed up the phones so you couldnt replace the batteries/repair them.
as far as conspiracies go I think you could probably do better
not everyone is bold enough to artificially slow down the phone to frustrate you into upgrading like Apple did.
Just saying, we need a sub called “inconspiracies” where every post is literally just a known (or assumed) fact that sounds like a conspiracy
Months ago my coworker and I were joking that something similar would be a funny podcast, then we both went no. No one should ever do this….it would not end well.