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.
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.
I think the removal is less so the conspiracy, and more so just spacing on the board or even just pure neglect at this point, but I could be wrong. But I’m good with every other point you threw up there. The tracking bit does make sense too, just no one has ever mentioned it. Though I still don’t think anyone is hunting me personally lol. I understand having peace of mind is also good too, and honestly, should not be a luxury like it feels these days.
Yeah, I’m not being hunted either and probably never will be, but privacy is really important to me and just knowing that it’s technically possible without even all that much work just really bothers me. I’m already not a fan of the only options for a phone OS being from Google and Apple, so removing the headphone jack just further reminds me that I’m not in control of my phone.
I would understand if it was totally obsolete, like the old FireWire port on computers or a barrel power jack now that USB-C is a thing, but imo an adapter isn’t a replacement since it requires having and bringing an extra thing along.
And I don’t think every phone needs to have it, and it’s totally fine to have options with and without the jack. The cost difference between the two would be minimal, and in my case, I’d rather have a headphone jack than a third or fourth camera (I honestly rarely use my camera, but I use headphones a lot).
I def think the lack of devices with an aux port is an issue. Honestly the market is too samey right now. Everything that comes out just follows whatever design the last big phone. Evey phone just “has” to have an amazing camera, high resolution and high refresh rate screen, etc. I’m fine with aux ports, I just wish we had variety.
Yup. I don’t need an amazing camera, NFC, under-glass fingerprint scanner, etc.
I just want a phone with:
But because the phone landscape sucks, my realistic options are: Google Pixel. Everything else has much too short of software updates, has a huge screen, or costs way too much. I’d personally be happy keeping my Motorola phone if it got security updates, but that ended so I’m looking for something different.
I just want to make calls, texts, browse the web, and run a few apps (work MFA, Lemmy, mapping app, etc). That’s it.