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minus-squareadry@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·17 days agophones have a lot of hardware that could be reused if it weren’t for a soldered battery that turns itself into useless (and a fire hazard) after many cycles and reaching end of life… this is really a pity.
minus-squarenaeap@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·17 days agoAlso binary blobs as hardware drivers, that are only compatible with specific kernels We would need to open that up at least after end of support
minus-squareMalReynolds@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 days agoYup, soldered battery no biggie, critical security flaw, no internet for you…
minus-squareFluffy Kitty Cat@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·16 days agoso much techno-trash that could have been easily made to be reusable but they just didn’t, they fucked it up on purporse
phones have a lot of hardware that could be reused if it weren’t for a soldered battery that turns itself into useless (and a fire hazard) after many cycles and reaching end of life… this is really a pity.
Also binary blobs as hardware drivers, that are only compatible with specific kernels
We would need to open that up at least after end of support
Yup, soldered battery no biggie, critical security flaw, no internet for you…
so much techno-trash that could have been easily made to be reusable but they just didn’t, they fucked it up on purporse