Please don't get me wrong, I don't want to question your job. But I don't like to support the throwaway-society. Smartphones are only supported for 2 Years + we have to accept those "terms of use" to be able to use the Device

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https://www.sustaphones.com/

...btw people salvage for lithium-ion for a ridiculous salary

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Fair providers are https://www.fairphone.com/en/ or https://www.shift.eco/en/

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~beefox wrote:

here in aus, our consumer laws give us about 5 years free warranty on most technology, including phones, but even that imo is a high turn over! when things are built to last they can go 10+ years easily, but because capitalism is an ugly beast, companies only make them last as long as the minimum they have to, that or they convince everyone that to be the best person you can be you should upgrade every year or so. its not even just a lack of care of construction, but many companies have been caught intentionally slowing older phones down with updates "to preserve battery life" (to make the phone slower so people upgrade)

~linuxnerd wrote:

... Of course it was LG that made a really good sustainable phone in the mid 2010s haha.

I will say that I completely understand your position. I honestly don't like the state of the modern phone market either. Especially in the case of Samsung the new phones they come back with are nearly the same as previous models, to the point it is repetitive and indeed wasteful. Oh, and apple is getting just as bad if not worse too.

I worked in phone and computer repair before this job and I'm likely going to go back to it, as I actually like helping customers with problems they have.