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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.

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I'm in an area where I can strap a pistol to my side and a rifle to my back and walk down the street with it and there's not a damn thing anyone can do about it. It only gets funny when you hide the weapon in your coat, but there are people tripping over themselves to offer the conceal carry training.

We really haven't been able to buy anon sims for a long time. There's a decent black market in old pre-pay stuff tho, the ones I have could probably finance a nice used car if I chose to sell them.

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WOW that sounds creepy that you can't buy anon sims normally, what about top up vouchers? Can you buy them for cash or would you have to use a card online? You can get all sorts of sims from Canada, even from our socialist telecoms that the bankers haven't stolen from us. Here you can buy vouchers anywhere too. Cash on the barrel head!

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I can buy a refill card with cash, yes, but the account containing the SIM is still registered to someone.

I'll have to look at what the local stop-n-rob offers. They may still sell anon SIMs to the mexicans.

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I think Virgin allows anon accounts and one called Public Mobile... Well we have several up here but these might be available down there. If they are selling to the illegals, dye your hair black, paint your skin brown and learn an strong accent. Maybe you can buy anything.