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.

  • daltotron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    9 months ago

    could also be that they are marketing over 3 year old flagship owners because that’s a likely demographic to upgrade phones, that isn’t as locked-in foolproof as their serial buyers, which require no marketing, nor as hopeless as people with mid-ranges or low-end phones. basically, that their marketing buck goes further with this demo.