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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by scarface74 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:11PM (#24393834)
Yes and I have a Dell E6500 laptop that was my work laptop in 2010.

https://www.cnet.com/reviews/dell-latitude-e6500-review/

It was my Plex server until earlier this year. It’s thick, it weighs over six pounds, it runs hot and even with a new battery it wouldn’t last more than a couple of hours.

What’s the point?

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:16PM (#24393863)
> What’s the point?

That it was still useful to you until it was ten years old, and it should be the same for phones.

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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by jpttsn on Monday September 07, 2020 @09:33AM (#24399307)
And for fruit. I hate having to throw out apples every week, when my canned tuna keeps for ages.
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Re:The Right to Repair could help address a critical shortag... by scarface74 on Sunday September 06, 2020 @03:37PM (#24394039)
My iPhone 6s was useful to me for five years.

Apple just released a bug fix update for the 2011 iPhone 4s, June of last year. How many Android phones got security patch/bug fix releases for a 9 year old phone? Yes you can still get the battery replaced for it.

Have you tried using a ten year old Android phone?

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