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   NeonPurpleStar :heart_bi: (neonpurplestar@outerheaven.club)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 05:08:18 JST NeonPurpleStar :heart_bi:

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   • Naomi
   @FuchsiaShock @Shrigglepuss i swear this fairphone is the last phone i buy, from now on i will only be doing battery swaps
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     Naomi (fuchsiashock@toot.lgbt)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 05:08:19 JST Naomi

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     • Shrig 🐌

     @Shrigglepuss It's ludicrous to me that we cannot repair these expensive devices that contain rare earth metals and other irreplaceable resources and are expected to just dispose of them after a couple of years of use.

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     Naomi (fuchsiashock@toot.lgbt)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 05:08:21 JST Naomi

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     @Shrigglepuss I remember when I had a smartphone that I opened up to repair, and almost every subboard in it was replacable with just a small philips screwdriver. Which was good, because I kept killing the usb port on it.
     This is not the case with my current phone. I can't even get at the battery in this fucker.

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     Shrig 🐌 (shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 05:08:21 JST Shrig 🐌

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     • Naomi

     @FuchsiaShock Yeah, that's why I got a Fairphone but there's always room for improvement even with those!

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     Shrig 🐌 (shrigglepuss@godforsaken.website)'s status on Friday, 28-Jul-2023 05:08:23 JST Shrig 🐌

     USB-C is so eco friendly, it stops all of those chargers ending up in landfills don't you know!
     Meanwhile: People are filling landfills with otherwise perfectly fine laptops and Nintendo Switches and phones because said USB-C ports aren't on flyleads internally and require advanced level soldering skills and a fuck-ton of equipment and countless different ports to hand to use as replacement because they're only the same connector externally.
     This is one of my biggest greenwashing tech grumbles