Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smartphone batteries

Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by sroussey on Sunday June 25, 2023 @01:03PM (#36470331)

I spend money where I spend time: phone, chair, monitor, mattress.

I rarely drive so my car is 19 years old.

I use my phone daily (right now!) so I have the newest one.

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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by tcfhgj on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:08PM (#36472078)

Why explicitly the newest one?

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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by sroussey on Sunday June 25, 2023 @04:53PM (#36472476)

I’m on the apple upgrade program. So I just pay monthly. I could skip a year and own the phone, but don’t really care. I want the best cameras. Life is too short.

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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by WeylandYutani on Sunday June 25, 2023 @07:14PM (#36473637)

Exactly. Normal people have already replaced their computer with phones so how old is the PC that HN commentators use? Five years?

Phones are appliances that are being used up to 10 hours every single day. And sure you can keep repairing them but at some point buying a new one will actually be cheaper.

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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by dotancohen on Wednesday June 28, 2023 @11:12AM (#36507642)

I'd love some honest mattress advice.

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