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Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste (www.bbc.com)

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Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves - This sustainable smartphone aims to reduce global electronic waste::In a bid to reduce global electronic waste, Fairphone has created a smartphone that owners can repair themselves. What makes its technology so sustainable?

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[–] Melco@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (14 children)

This is total green washing marketing bs.

They purposely removed the headphone jack and started selling disposable earbuds. This one move alone will generate more ewaste than any swappable parts.

This company is full of it. They don't care about the environment and they certainly don't care about their customers.

[–] Virulent@reddthat.com 4 points 11 months ago (6 children)

I mean, how many people still use wired earbuds? I'd be surprised if it is 5% of users

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I would still us wired earbuds if my phone still had a headphone jack... It hard to find a good phone that still has a jack and this sucks

[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 0 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Use a dongle or usb c earbuds

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

I had 2, lost both :(

[–] Donkter@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago

"I mean, how many people in this town eat hamburgers anyway? Ever since the only hamburger shop for miles around burned down I would be surprised if it's 5%"

[–] kttnpunk@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

Me, everyday. Bluetooth just doesn't offer the same sound quality.

[–] Digestive_Biscuit@feddit.uk 4 points 11 months ago

I have three pairs of wired earphones (plus more regular headphones) and a portable DAC amp. I know what you mean though, Bluetooth headphones really are the norm these days. The tech in them also make them hard to repair.

[–] Grass@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 months ago

I use a usbc dac and a 3d printed brace to prevent it from bending. For how infrequently I use the earbuds it's fine for me. Most of my phone based music listening is at work on an AliExpress Bluetooth device hooked up to the speakers pulled from my car before junking it. (Catalytic had been stolen and it had 400+ thou. km on it)

[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 1 points 11 months ago

I do, however the headphone jack on my last phone was so bad I ended up just using the dongle anyway to get decent audio.

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