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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by post-it on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @02:50PM (#30077068)
The opportunity cost of having to look up a vendor store, go there, and wait an hour+ for them to replace my battery may as well be infinite.
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by throwaway946513 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @03:57PM (#30077917)
Which is about the same thing for an iPhone? Apple stores don't magically replace batteries in seconds. On my iPhone 6s, I had both a bad battery, and a defective display - took 7 hours to get my phone back after scheduling an appointment at the Apple Store.
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by post-it on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:15PM (#30091990)
iPhone batteries should be user-replaceable too. Maybe with a pair of screws instead of a clip.
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by google234123 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:14PM (#30078875)
That’s bullshit. I guess overturning cost for repairing a car is also infinite by that logic.
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by post-it on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:16PM (#30091998)
It is. I hate getting my car repaired. Now that I work from home, if I didn't already own a car, I very well might not buy one.
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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by kaba0 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @07:35PM (#30080158)
Once per 3 years?!
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