solrize@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoAnother Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing updatearstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up110arrow-down10
arrow-up110arrow-down1external-linkAnother Google Pixel 6a catches fire after battery-nerfing updatearstechnica.comsolrize@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square57fedilink
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoOk this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
minus-squareResonosity@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 months agoYou can also buy used or refurbished Fairphones too
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoI suppose, but Fairphones are a security and thus a privacy nightmare. As soon as you cross a border or police get your phone, e/OS and CalyxOS are virtually useless
minus-squareJustEnoughDucks@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoAnd then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out. Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoArguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
minus-squareExcessShiv@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 months agoEh, the 2nd hand sellers also wouldn’t be buying if they couldn’t sell them.
minus-squareqweertz (they/she)@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoI would think that private buyers buy a phone they are gonna use and then sell it once they don’t use it anymore 🧠
Ok this is gonna blow your mind, you can buy used or refurbished Pixels
You can also buy used or refurbished Fairphones too
I suppose, but Fairphones are a security and thus a privacy nightmare. As soon as you cross a border or police get your phone, e/OS and CalyxOS are virtually useless
And then you indirectly pay google as you fund the people who buy google phones every time a new one comes out.
Yes it is the best way to buy a google phone, but you are still supporting google in most cases.
Arguably, 2nd hand private sellers would have bought it anyway and you are just saving e-waste at that point
Eh, the 2nd hand sellers also wouldn’t be buying if they couldn’t sell them.
I would think that private buyers buy a phone they are gonna use and then sell it once they don’t use it anymore 🧠