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You know what scares us about big tech? Planned obsolescence. (www.fairphone.com)

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[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 15 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

When smartphones first appeared, batteries were always removable.

Glances at Gen 1 iPhone

[–] ozymandias117@lemmy.world 6 points 7 hours ago

The iPhone 3g would be the first modern "smartphone" from Apple; before that it didn't allow adding more applications, same as the "dumb phones" before it. It just had a capacitive touchscreen and a better web browser

Even then, the batteries weren't glued in and it was significantly easier to replace