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[–] [email protected] 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

It also made it so much easier to choose a new device. Requirements: headphone jack and a removable battery. Results: 1

Even Fairphone made themselves irrelevant to me by dropping the headphone jack. What an absolutely stupid decision to make especially for a device like that.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I'm using USB-C to 3.5" adapters, they cost next to nothing and allow me to use a much wider pool of phones. Some even come with a USB-C passthrough so you can charge it or connect other stuff simultaneously.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 7 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago

pretty soon the port wears out too then if you fart next to the dongle the connection stops

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

I believe in voting with your wallet. Giving money to companies that practice anti-consumer behaviour sends them the signal that you're okay with what they're doing. I'm not okay with it so I'm sticking to my principles.

I never bought a device with non-removable battery either and now thanks to EU it seems that I don't ever need to either.

I also bought an older model MacBook because it had a better keyboard aswell as HDMI port and SD-card reader. Now the newest models have them again because enough people like me refused to buy the inferior models.

[–] aluminium 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

Are you aware of the Galaxy Xcover Series of phones? They often offer both.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Yeah. XCover 6Pro is the only device that met my requirements and is the one I went with.

[–] kerrigan778 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Oh that's what they did with the Active series, thank goodness I thought they'd stopped doing them.

[–] aluminium 7 points 7 months ago

No not really. The active series were S line phones repackaged into a more rugged shell. With the same high end cameras and specs. The Xcover line always were mid to low end devices.