fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square115fedilinkarrow-up1465arrow-down126file-text
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkA new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgradeswww.straitstimes.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square115fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareWHYAREWEALLCAPS@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoWe have had watertight user serviceable with external batteries handheld amateur radios for decades. Your arguments are baloney. Phones are only this way because manufacturers want them to be this way.
minus-squareprotovack@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agobut they are nowhere close to as thin, and nowhere close to the same complexity
We have had watertight user serviceable with external batteries handheld amateur radios for decades. Your arguments are baloney. Phones are only this way because manufacturers want them to be this way.
but they are nowhere close to as thin, and nowhere close to the same complexity