New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellphones Are Throwaways'

Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by isostatic on Friday October 25, 2019 @12:33PM (#21356640)

> Cellphones Are Throwaways

That's the point - they shouldn't be. The cost of a cellphone does not cover the cost to the planet of producing that cellphone.

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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by redwall_hp on Friday October 25, 2019 @07:39PM (#21360306)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_quoque

The good old "yet you participate in the society you criticize" non-argument.

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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by defterGoose on Friday October 25, 2019 @02:47PM (#21357999)

Woah, woah, woah. You ever heard of the perfect being the enemy of the good? Maybe some people need to function in modern society in order to evangelize their deeply-held beliefs about sustainability.

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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by seba_dos1 on Friday October 25, 2019 @09:17PM (#21360915)

My current smartphone was released in 2009; the second one that I use if the first one can't do the job anymore is from 2012. Both nicely repairable, with replacable batteries etc. Am I able to say that phones shouldn't be throwaways or are those not old enough for you? :P

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Re:New Hampshire Lawmaker Kills Repair Bill Because 'Cellpho... by isostatic on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:25PM (#21359847)

Yup it's nearly 4 years old. Newest kit I have (along with my 2014 desktop, 2013 mac and 2010 thinkpad)

Sometimes individual consumers change things, most of the time it needs regulation to help them. The 'invisible hand' may well steer the ship, but it's an oiltanker, not a speedboat.

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