Swap the batteries, tips, charging case, shell, or even just individual buds.

But of course we all know that the big manufacturers don’t do this not because they can’t but because they don’t want to. Planned obsolescence is still very much the name of the game, despite all the bullshit they spout about sustainability.

  • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
    611·
    9 months ago

    Overpriced.

    their entire premise is making sure that people on the supply chain of their devices are compensated adequately (hence the “Fair” in the name), which is why their products are more expensive than you’re used to.

    • UckyBon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      49·
      9 months ago

      It’s called feel-good marketing. Similar to organic veggies or ethical coffee from Starbucks.

      • noodlejetski@lemm.eeEnglish
        11·
        9 months ago

        I don’t know about Starbucks or Big Organic Veggie, but Fairphone publishes annual reports on sustainability and life quality of their workers.

        • UckyBon@lemmy.worldEnglish
          31·
          9 months ago

          Of course, that’s part of the marketing idea. Starbucks (and many others with feel-good marketing) did the exact same, until it leaks that it wasn’t quite the truth.

          It’s not for nothing that Fairphone is guilt-tripping in rich countries ;) But still exploiting poor countries.

          And downvote me what you want. It doesn’t make you immune for cheap marketing tricks. People with a Fairphone are the same kind of people who brag about how their cup of Starbucks saved a life, stepped right into the trickery.