• anon_8675309@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Not many years from now the every man just won’t be able to afford a decent phone.

    Can’t say I would be opposed to going back to land lines. You wanna call me? Wait till I’m home.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 day ago

      Sure they will, just sign on this dotted line and you’ll pay monthly. Give us your previous $1.5k phone and we will give you credits on your bill every month, but that credit will disappear if you change anything about your plan or want a new phone.

      Oh wait.

    • matlag@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Actually, with resources getting scarce, we should already get comfortable with the idea that a phone should be expensive, and be repairable enough to last for many years!

      • Oneplus One: mine lasted 11years, I had passed it down to my kid. I changed the charging connector once.
      • Oneplus 5T: lasted 6 years
      • Now Pixel 8a: currently one year, but I already had to get the battery replaced after 6 months :/