Swap the batteries, tips, charging case, shell, or even just individual buds.

But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don’t do this not because they can’t but because they don’t want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

  • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
    61·
    7 months ago

    Apple go out of their way to make it difficult for 3rd parties repair shops to get parts and same goes for “official” repair partners who are also gimped in what they’re allowed to repair.

    I imagine this isn’t want you meant when you said say whatever you will about Apple.

    • le_saucisson_masquay@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      41·
      7 months ago

      It’s not so much that I’m praising apple but that I’m criticizing android manufacturers. You can make it as much repairable as you want, if you stop updating after 2 year it’s as good as dead.

      I know we could have bought her a pixel, but they got their own issue. And not so much repairable.

      Samsung back in these time, it was 2 year update too and Im not sure even today they keep updating their low end phone for much longer than that. Wouldn’t buy a s23 for a grandma that only makes call and some internet search. 😀

      • tabular@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        7 months ago

        Other than a lack of security updates, what does it matter if the OS isn’t updated such that it is unusable?