• woelkchen@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Because the entire point of fairphone is to not do those sorts of things.

    And there I am thinking the point of Fairphone was to not waste resources manufacturing components that only few people even want.

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      7 months ago

      Maybe it’s both. How come your okay with them making people throw away their perfectly good headphones?

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        7 months ago

        Or maybe not making everybody throw away their perfectly good headphones?

        “everyone”? That’s a very bold claim. I would assume they did market research and concluded that putting more components in all of their phones is more wasteful than manufacturing a limited number of USB-C adapters for those who actually want it. Again: They’d sell wired headphones if the demand was that high.

        Framework Computers also relegated the headphone jack to a USB-C adapter. There is clearly a wider shift in the industry.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Why would I throw away my perfectly good bluetooth headphones just because a phone removes the audio jack? 🤔

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          6 months ago

          Why would I throw away my perfectly good wired headphones because a phone removes the audio jack?

          (The dongles sound measurably better than 90% of the headphones jacks on phones).