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Device hoarding is costing the economy. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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[–] 6 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Buying an old galaxy s7/s8/s9, oneplus 3/5 or something like that would have cost 90% less and saved a phone from the landfill. Or one with a cracked (but working) screen for 95% less. If all you need is the login process, an old phone with stock firmware would have been good enough.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (6 children)

    I have two of those old phones, I flashed the stock but the Android was too low, I flashed the lineage with Android 13, re-locked the bootloader, and the App still fucking said no. Once you've opened the bootloader even once, a flag is set in the gsettings.

    At that point I wasn't even sure if my boss was going to let me keep this job, so I just went out and bought a new phone that I knew would be delivered the very next day

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago (3 children)

    Well, then a S20 or something, still around 100 bucks/pounds/euro and new enough. Not 90% but 75%,still a good deal.

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  • [–] 2 points 9 months ago* (2 children)

    Fairphone seemed like a good longterm purchase. Im tired of collecting phones from family members and ex's and repurposing them ala lineage or postmarket.

    Nokia N900 was the last phone I truly felt anything for. Fairphone seems to have a modular design that might accomodate a similar experience in the future

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