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Huawei unveils world’s first tri-fold phone, the Mate XT Ultimate Design (spillsomebeans.com)

submitted 2 months ago by griffinger@discuss.tchncs.de to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] GiddyGap@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Companies don't make as much money when it's repairable. Washers and dryers used to last 20-25 years with a few repairs here and there. But companies weren't making any money, so they started making unrepairable junk instead.

[–] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That has a name: built-in obsolescence, and it's bad.

[–] Num10ck@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

and the earth literally can not handle everyone doing that.