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[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 48 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] dumbcrumb@lemmy.world 52 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apparently the EU passed a bill that would require companies to have batteries that could be replaced with no specialized tools and that "the process of replacement shall be able to be carried out by a layman". With a 2027 deadline

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[–] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 2 years ago

Yes please, I hate how hard it currently is

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[+] umbrella@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

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[–] dumbcrumb@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Well its not likely that the big phone brands will make specific models for just the EU because of how much extra that would cost. Like whats happening now with the USB C laws.

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[–] BackOnMyBS@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

But then how will people know I am willing to blow money, implying that I have extra cash to waste, if they don't see a blue bubble?

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[–] mint_tamas@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

This is only a thing in the US. In other parts of the world, iphone users have to adapt to whatever messenger platform has the most people in it (likely whatsapp or facebook messenger, maybe telegram)

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[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

I have heard people at my school criticizing Android for "green text messages"

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[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

I'm 39 and not even so old I use native messaging and telephony styled services. Hell, not even my dad does.

Did the kids in your school grow up in the 80s or is stuff like iMessage making a comeback because it's retrocool?

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[–] Serinus@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Kids think iPhones are cool for a good reason. If a fifth grade kid has an android, it's probably a cheap one. There are no cheap iPhones.

Sure, Pixels are better than iPhones straight up. But who the fuck is buying their kid the latest Pixel?

So cool (read: spoiled) kids have iPhones. The others start on cheap androids. That stigma sticks around at least awhile.

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[+] mind@lemmy.world -1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

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[–] photonic_sorcerer@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If you get ostracized from a group for the wrong chat bubble color, that group wasn't worth your time.

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[–] phamanhvu01@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

This 100%

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[+] mind@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

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[+] TheAnonymouseJoker@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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[–] FlexibleToast@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

That's fine. I don't want to be friends with someone that would ostracize me for the green bubble.

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[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Btw whats the matter of blue bubble? iMessage? Who tf uses imessage especially on android? Or is it just an sms app?

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[+] mind@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

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[–] whofearsthenight@lemm.ee 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

It's not the blue bubble, it's that iMessage is like any other of the big message services and has it's own things like those messaging services. I have a group chat with another iPhone user, and an Android user. Just sending texts is whatever, but when you start using the messaging features like tapbacks to like a message or replying to a specific message, it gets real fucky real fast.

Although I am glad iMessage was created (largely as a fuck you to carrier fees) these days I wish that Apple would either make an Android app or the world (US mostly) could collectively move to a good messaging app/protocol (which includes e2e encryption and isn't fucking Meta.)

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[–] mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago

That sounds like good messaging apps doesn't exist... Have you ever tried telegram?

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[–] money_loo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago* (1 child)

Ironically you can use it on android using an app called…wait for it….BlueBubbles. -Source: me using it right now.

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[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

Bluebubbles requires you have a Mac or Hackintosh

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[–] money_loo@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago

Yes, there are hoops, but it works.

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[–] mayo@lemmy.today -5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Not yet but one day. If I could get a phone and keep it for 20 years (with repairs/upgraded parts) then I'd switch.

If apple removes the plug then i'll start considering the other options when my current phone becomes unusable. Until then it's too easy to buy an old iphone and hold onto it for 6 years.

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[–] derbolle@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

fairphone 5 is out :-) it is getting upgrades until the 2030s. and it is so easily repairable that it is realistic to use it for a long time

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[–] gizmonicus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago

I am sincerely hoping that makes it to the US. The only thing available now is the Fair Phone 4.

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[–] mayo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 years ago

This is the one I'm thinking of. Love the concept. Potential challenge is that in Canada things, in particular, shipping is expensive. I'm pretty broke right now so my inclination is to save money over the long run and not be wasteful.

I'm not a phone person though. Useful device but not something that takes up much of my day to day time.

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[–] iampivot@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Google Pixel 8 will have same update length as Apples Iphone.