Post 9iF0uXzJVsC7H559XM by Brightlady_Lise@sunbeam.city
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 (DIR) Post #9heyzFYJamrcMn8D7A by Brightlady_Lise@sunbeam.city
       2019-04-09T23:01:01Z
       
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       Technology as expensive as smartphones should have replaceable batteries and be easily repaired by the people who bought the device. When you also consider the environmental impact of producing a smartphone or other electronic device, it should be made to last. Apple/Silicon Valley turned electronics into disposable fashion products.
       
 (DIR) Post #9hf3KDGVgtD1Af3SZU by Sosthene@bitcoinhackers.org
       2019-04-10T10:13:15Z
       
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       @Brightlady_Lise I'm using a 2015 smartphone and a 2013 laptop that are both working like a charm. I think it's getting better because hardware doesn't progress as fast as it used too, or at least using slightly outdated hardware is not a big deal now. I think you can't entirely blame the companies, most people still like to buy new stuff when they can afford it
       
 (DIR) Post #9hfJJotXtjBCr19ELA by CharredStencil@freeradical.zone
       2019-04-10T13:12:27Z
       
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       @Brightlady_Lise Fashion is so wrong, and a good reason to reject advertising.What are the odds that an ad, made solely to benefit a company, is going to coincidentally benefit you, the consumer? At worst you'll be swindled. Most of the time you'll ignore the ad. The number of ads that have benefited me in the last 10 years probably fit on one hand.
       
 (DIR) Post #9iF0uXzJVsC7H559XM by Brightlady_Lise@sunbeam.city
       2019-04-09T23:02:11Z
       
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       At one point, computers were considered to be appliances, not fashion products. They were tools to get a job done or entertainment devices like a TV.
       
 (DIR) Post #9iF0uYEYbCO62MDKIS by codesections@fosstodon.org
       2019-04-27T18:35:43Z
       
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       @Brightlady_Lise > At one point, computers were considered to be appliances, not fashion products.I agree with your thread, and it makes me sad. 'm old enough to remember when viewing computers as appliances was a *bad thing*—when people bemoaned that consumers didn't want a tool to learn, play with, and master but rather wanted an appliance that they could plug in and have it "just work".Who knew that we'd look back that as *better* than the future.