@arrrg I tend to disagee...

Shure you can make the argument towards #TechIlliterates that they don't know better, but it's our failure as #TechLiterates to not just #preach and #demand #RepairableTech, but oftentimes people don't follow up their demands with actual purchase decisions.

• OFC if one only has like $100 and they can only get an unrepairable & barely working shitPhone 4 SE from 2016 that's not to blame them, because #UseLonger & #ReUse is better than #Recycle or #BuyANewOne...

In #capitalism, the #users and #consumers do have #choices and they can decide to #unionize and collectively #refuse to buy or use garbage.

• The fact that #Microsoft is not being flooded with lawsuits for literally including #Govware #Backdoors in their #CryptoAPI - [not to mention their latest #Spyware named #Recall in their #Malware-OS called #Windows11 ] is inexcuseable leniency at best.

#WhatYouAllowIsWhatWillContinue applies to everything and this we need to demand and force change by all means necessary to do so.

• And that starts with choosing #RepairableDesign because every sold #Fairphone and every sold @frameworkcomputer / #FrameworkLaptop is a signal that #consumers and #businesses want #RightToRepair!

OFC please do go ahead and choose #UnauthorizedRepair to keep your gear up and running as long as feasible anyway - just like I'll not toss out my still working #X230Tablet for a #Framework13 unless I literally have no other choice...

Why do people not demand #RepairableDesign and refuse to buy unrepairable shite?

Seriously, THIS is how a #screen replacement on any #Smartphone or #Tablet could be designed to work!

The problem is inherent in the design of non - #ToolFree #replaceable #LithiumIon and #LithiumPolymer batteries AND the fact that this #dangerous #Battery design is even legal.

This problem doesn't exist with #LiFePO4 cells and those ain't that bad either...

In fact, they won't become #DangerPillow|s nor age terribly and they hold longer on lower partial discharges...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oNL-hl2-Pbo

The fact that I could buy this #phone, as a new product, in 2024, makes me keep my faith that humanity is not lost.

Recycling electrical goods could be done at kerbside and drop-off points in shops https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67830798

A good policy proposal for a change; and if manufacturers & retailers were made to carry the full costs of collection & repair/recycling then maybe, just maybe, they’d do some math and figure it’s better to make reliable stuff with long service life in the first place.

(Hypothetically) who could make the best repairable tablet?

The Fairphone 5 is looking pretty decent, but it really is far too big. A 6.46 inch display is massive, my S10e screen is 5.8 inches and I feel like that is just about my limit.

I want a repairable, reasonable size phone.

Someone at @frameworkcomputer needs to come up with a Framework Jr, that uses cheaper materials and a @Raspberry_Pi as its mainboard, but still supports the expansion ports.