Welcome • User Guide
ToS • Privacy • Canary
Donate • Bugs • License

©2025 Poal.co

152

For those unaware yet, I am the author of the over-5000-word article **.

When I was around 8 years old, a children's news channel named Logo! reported printers being deliberately designed to quit functioning properly after a predetermined number of pages.

This idea already sounded repugnant to my 8-year-young brain.

If a device is designed to fail and difficult to repair, it feels like not actually owning it.

In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released. I already heard of iPhones before then, but that was the first time I realized they have non-user-replaceable batteries.

From a Nintendo DS Lite user manual, I already knew batteries only last for a limited number of recharging cycles until they lose their ability to output power and store energy.

And what has it come to a decade later? Mobile phones with user-replaceable batteries have been fully usurped.

The few remaining ones with replaceable batteries such as the Galaxy Xcover Pro have low-tier technical specifications such as the same resolution and frame rate for video recording as the 2011 Galaxy S2: 1080p@30fps.

For those unaware yet, I am the author of the over-5000-word article *[Benefits of user-replaceable batteries](https://en.EverybodyWiki.com/Benefits_of_user-replaceable_batteries)*. When I was around 8 years old, a children's news channel named *Logo!* reported printers being deliberately designed to quit functioning properly after a predetermined number of pages. This idea already sounded repugnant to my 8-year-young brain. If a device is designed to fail and difficult to repair, it feels like not actually owning it. In 2010, the iPhone 4 was released. I already heard of iPhones before then, but that was the first time I realized they have non-user-replaceable batteries. From a Nintendo DS Lite user manual, I already knew batteries only last for a limited number of recharging cycles until they lose their ability to output power and store energy. And what has it come to a decade later? Mobile phones with user-replaceable batteries have been fully usurped. The few remaining ones with replaceable batteries such as the Galaxy Xcover Pro have low-tier technical specifications such as the same resolution and frame rate for video recording as the 2011 Galaxy S2: 1080p@30fps.

(post is archived)

[–] • 4 pts

there's more to fixed batteries than planned obsolesce i think - many don't keep their phones very long because they have to have the newest crap, plus certain plans encourage "upgrading" at little or no cost - batteries generally don't give out during that time (i've had phones for quite a few years and never replaced a batt) - one reason for them is to make the device thinner and another, i would guess, is that it cannot be completely powered off (think surveillance)

[–] • 2 pts

That's probably the most telling thing right there. Most are never going to see their battery completely degrade because they trade up every few years.

A modern battery, if given a little care, will last for 3-4 years - or even longer. My 5 year old device is just now getting to the point where I need to charge it every day. I don't really care (I could replace the battery, it's not terribly difficult in the device) but it's showing other problems like flash degradation (you can't beat physics in this case) and the protocols it operates with will be gone soon. It had a good life.

[–] • 2 pts
[–] • 2 pts

Yes, it has expandable storage, but the OS and other data reside internally.

That's what I'm referring to - you can tell I'm running out of spare blocks just because the thing is getting slower than frozen snot no matter how many times I go in and clean it up.

[–] [deleted] • 3 pts

I do agree with you. I think it's a good idea to avoid devices without user replaceable batteries.

Wish more things would take straight 18650 cells.

[–] • 2 pts

Indeed. At least power banks.

Mobile phones would need to be more than 20mm thick for that. I am fine with 15mm, but above that gets bulky.

But there is also a double standard in the Apple cult. My article about that: https://en.EverybodyWiki.com/Apple_cult .

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Maybe laptops, maybe e-readers. I agree, phones would be too bulky. 18650s are perfect for powerbanks and flashlights.

[–] • 3 pts

iPhones are at least updated for a while, all the Android manufacturers shitting out 50 models a year forget about their devices within 2-3 years, including the flagships. This should be regulated, even from an e-waste perspective it's retarded.

[–] • 0 pt

Agreed.

As we can see, capitalism has its flaws.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

That has nothing to do with capitalism. It's the irresponsibility and greed of the consumers as much as it is the protection of the government given to the morally bankrupt and very few people behind the breakable marketing

If nobody purchased a refrigerator with a circuit board in it, there wouldn't be any for sale. Your fridge would last for thirty years.

Singer sewing machines made indestructible sewing machines by the millions in every country year after year year and they all did the same thing; sewed a seam backwards and forwards and that's all. You can buy one today and give it to your great grandkids. It will work. They never went broke, they gave the industry to Japan after the war to avoid another Versaille treaty situation that abused the Germans so badly.

[–] • 1 pt

Or capitalism reveals that people in general don't care about these things we care about.

[–] • 1 pt

Capitalism and communism are the same thing, they are both Judaism!

[–] • 0 pt

As far as I know, communism is complete government control (see Venezuela) and radical equality (which does not work due to differences in people), while capitalism is more about private ownership and maximizing profit.

Capitalism has both good effects (e.g. technological innovation), as well as bad side effects (e.g. Apple greedily abusing market power against consumers).

It seems that the political left is in favour of communism and against capitalism.

Am I missing something?

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

What pissed me off most in recent years was the demonization of the incandescent light bulb by liberals and Jews who saw a dollar to be made in the transition to other light sources. I used to be able to buy packs of incandescent bulbs for twenty-five cents each bulb. Sure, they burned out, but they were cheap and reliable (by that I mean they worked). They were dimmable. They could be used outside in the cold or in a fridge. Today, if I want a lightbulb that is dimmable, I have to pay five dollars. Is it twenty times better than the cheap incandescents I used to buy for a quarter? No, it is not.

I was no fan of incandescent bulbs that burned out in a few hundred hours, but the thing is, light bulb makers had bulbs that would last ten times that long. They just weren't selling them because they wanted to maximize their profits. So they got together and rigged the light bulb market. What should have happened is that their longer-life incandescents should have been mandated by government, and the other kinds of more expensive bulbs, such as flourescent and light-emitting diod, should have been allowed to come into the market gradually, as an option for those who wanted to buy them. But no, we were forced to buy the bulbs that were twenty times more expensive, and wouldn't dim.

[–] • 0 pt

I used to be able to buy packs of incandescent bulbs for twenty-five cents each bulb. Sure, they burned out, but they were cheap and reliable (by that I mean they worked). They were dimmable. They could be used outside in the cold or in a fridge.

And they had a CRI of 99+. Now you have to pay a lot and they still don't have as good a CRI.

I was no fan of incandescent bulbs that burned out in a few hundred hours, but the thing is, light bulb makers had bulbs that would last ten times that long.

Sure, but they had a thicker filament that operated at a lower temperature, and thus emitted more infrared and wasted more power. You an still get these, called rough service bulbs.

[–] • 2 pts

Planed obsolescence is one thing, how about business models where you get reoccurring revenue streams by .

[–] • 2 pts

Case in point, asthma medications. They are designed to treat the symptoms for a short span of a few hours, and often they make the underlying asmatic condition worse. Asthma medications are a gold mine for big pharma.

[–] • 0 pt

Now think about Pfizer selling millions of doses of their poison. Goldman Sachs should be jealous.

[–] • 2 pts

Cars, consumer goods, houses, people. All cheap and designed to be replaced at a set interval to maximize profits.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

Batteries are the least of your worries with phones.

These days software is almost always mpre problematic than hardware. The phone's OS releases are coded to slowly cripple older phone models by introducing performance degradation to impact earlier models.

If you plan to keep your old OS bd annually doable updates, good luck having any working Apps after a year or two, as updates to firmware will start to lock your device utilities (camera, GPS, etc,) from interacting with the latest App versions properly.

[–] • 0 pt

Another witchcraft idea invented by Apple.

And Google enriches us with witch craft like forced scoped storage, breaking compatibility with existing and established software.

[–] • 0 pt

The phone's OS releases are coded to slowly cripple older phone models by introducing performance degradation to impact earlier models.

Just good old software that takes advantage of the greater memory of newer phones, causing lots of swapping on older ones. I had an Android phone where every fucking switch between apps took several seconds because it had to re-open the app. Painful as hell to use. Don't ever buy a phone with less than 3 or 4 GB of RAM.

[–] • 1 pt

Cars are at least a hell of a lot better than they used to be with this stuff.

But ive always been skeptical on the whole non replaceable batteries on phones thing, as far as im concerned thats so you cant completely power down a device entirely. Good evidence to suggest it doesnt matter what you do with a modern phone it can still send and recieve data while 'switched off'

At least with the older ones you could pull the batteries out.

[–] • 1 pt

This is also a means to keep you from actually owning any property as well. Consider that almost all products in our lifetime will eventually be sold only through a subscription, license, or lease and everything else will be “planned to fail” after a year or so of operation. You never truly own anything like you used to because ownership isn’t profitable.

[–] • 1 pt

Maybe look into the new https://puri.sm/ phones and computers.

Their motto for the phone is:

When you purchase a Librem 5, you can be confident that we will continue to provide security updates, privacy improvements, bug fixes, and new features… for the lifetime of your device, without compromising performance. Your Librem will stay secure and responsive for years to come. Like a good wine, it will probably get better over time, not worse.

[–] • 0 pt

Does it record video with 2160p@60fps?

And does it charge faster than 20 watts?

[–] • 1 pt

I don't know about the resolution, but it has hardware kill switches to disable the mics and cameras. The focus of this phone is security.

[–] • 0 pt

Interesting. Hopefully, those do not compromise compatibility for legitimate uses.

[–] • 1 pt

I have been screaming about lying politicians and corporate planned obsolescence since I was 5 years old when Pierre Trudeau changed our banking laws!

I said to every adult "why are you not starting a civil war over this, are you blind, can you not see what they are doing?" I guess most kids had temper tantrums over getting ice cream, I was jumping up and and down calling for Trudeau to be hung.

I believe this is something to do with being born of a pure race! If you are half German and half Slav, you maybe dumb, if you are half Nordic and half black, you maybe dumb. Only 1 in 1000 mixed race will turn out superior, my gf was half Norse and 1/4 Italian and German. She turned out far superior. But she was murdered by antifa. I am full Norse, very acutely aware of everything.

[–] • 0 pt

Thanks for sharing! You may be interested in .

Load more (2 replies)