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Sony is erasing digital libraries that were supposed to be accessible “forever” (arstechnica.com)

submitted 10 months ago by flop_leash_973 to c/technology

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Oh look, Sony revoking more licenses for video content that people "bought".

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (9 children)

I want to buy a fairphone, but they refuse to add wireless charging (even as an add-on) and they also removed the headphone jack so that they could pish their Bluetooth earbuds which they discontinued after barely a few years, now they have Bluetooth headphones where they will likely do the same. Completely contrary to their ethos.

Though I don't see how it relates to my comment in the slightest. Showing that 1 phone that has an SD card slot is just my point. There are few good phones being made currently with SD card slots.

There is a Venn diagram of camera quality, software support, headphone, and SDcard where you can have 3 but never all 4.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

but they refuse to add wireless charging (even as an add-on) and they also removed the headphone jack

I discounted the headphone jack because your comment included the Pixel, but I feel the same. My current phone has a jack and I tend to use it quite often. Also, I don't see a good reason to require another batteried device that I need to worry about, on top of it potentially not working in high interference environments.
This has been one of the 2 main reasons why I haven't taken one yet. The other being non-availability.

I am still unable to understand how important wireless charging might be.

I really just wish I could get a handheld pocketable computer with a cellular radio and GPS navigation related sensors, with some version of UEFI on which I could install whatever Linux I wanted.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I guess I am really rough on my USB C ports? I just plug them in at night and lay my phone on the bed, but after just 2.5 years my Sony 5ii is already getting loose. I clean it out with a toothpick occasionally, but I will probably have to replace the port next year. Everything else about wireless charging is shit to me, but not stressing the port is worth it.

My nokia (HMDGlobal) 7.1 the charging port literally stopped charging after 8 months and then every 2-3 months for the 2 years I had that one. That was the lowest of the low quality phones lol.

What you seem to want is a a PMOS phone with with Plasma Mobile

[–] cujo 1 points 10 months ago

An anecdote, I insisted on getting wireless charging with my last phone change because my Sony Xperia XZ premium (that I loved) became a brick after the usb c port failed about 18 months in

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