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.

  • d4f0@lemmy.worldEnglish
    354·
    9 months ago

    The fairphone 4 doesn’t have a jack and its from 2021.

    • JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nlEnglish
      122·
      9 months ago

      Yes and they sold shitty generic bluetooth earbuds that they pulled from the market a year and a half later with 0 support when they were almost ready to launch their Bluetooth headphones.

    • kadu@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1824·
      9 months ago

      So? Their over ear Bluetooth headphones came out on Q1 2023. Two years developing a new category for your company sounds about right.

      Plus, their phones are expected to be used for long, so if they wanted to push people towards Bluetooth they’d have to start early.

      Plus, this is still irrelevant - how does the fact they screwed customers over in 2021 somehow make it better?

      • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        332·
        9 months ago

        So? Their over ear Bluetooth headphones came out on Q1 2023. Two years developing a new category for your company sounds about right.

        So they first removed the headphone jack but intentionally didn’t launch a companion device because the customers would just wait for them “to sell you their expensive solution”?

        the fact they screwed customers over in 2021

        Wait, 2021 customers were not informed about that and got their headphone jacks taken away after already paying? They could not make an informed decision and were screwed over?