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A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)

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[-] ares35@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Provide replacement parts, especially batteries, for at least 10 years without a profit margin, including a service that replaces these parts - again without profit margin.

you'd have to nationalize hardware production and service. for-profit companies would not accept a zero-profit decade-long obligation like that.

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