2026-09-18 18:12 UTC
Replies (19)
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@jimmorack@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 18:15
@nixCraft@mastodon.social an eternal payment plan?
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@GoatsLive@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 18:41
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Exactly! I buy $50 Motorola Androids and run them for 5 or 6 years, or until I run over them with my wheelchair, then buy another $50 Motorola!
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@j5y7@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 18:46
@nixCraft@mastodon.social How can you put a price on a device that, year after year, offers nothing new and does the exact same crap as every model has for the last decade, except now it spies on you more while trashing the planet?
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@LingLass@hcommons.social 2026-09-18 18:16
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Possibly not every year. We're getting one in my household, but it's to replace an iPhone 8.
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@Stefan_S_from_H@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 19:49
@nixCraft@mastodon.social iPhones usually have longer vendor support than other smartphones. The people you see probably have a much older iPhone in their pocket.
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@CountHoldem@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 20:32
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Perhaps the answer isn't as cryptic, as crypto, to solid economical stability.
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@paulk@writing.exchange 2026-09-18 18:15
@nixCraft@mastodon.social They are optimally brainwashed. Can't call it anything else. If you don't have the latest "and greatest", you will die. Yes, it's pathetic.
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@wiredfire@mstdn.social 2026-09-18 18:18
@nixCraft@mastodon.social honestly baffles me. Smartphone launches have been boring for years. Oh look, it’s an uncomfortably big rectangle screen. Oh look, this one folds in half. 😴😴😴
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@herrorange@mastodon.online 2026-09-18 18:26
@nixCraft@mastodon.social decent trade in terms
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@brett@bitflipp.social 2026-09-18 18:29
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I dunno why you’d ever line up to buy any product.
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@busheling1@mastodon.social 2026-09-18 18:37
@nixCraft@mastodon.social you cannot fix stupid 😁
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@kcpoole@mastodon.au 2026-09-18 18:46
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Stupid people, they probably complain every other day that they have no money but do this! I spend $250 Au once every 2 - 3 years to get a new phone only because i keep breaking the old one :-)
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@Nead@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-18 18:49
@nixCraft@mastodon.social Same people who have ORV's, pontoon boats, e-bikes, SUV tanks: it's all on credit baby.
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@chessert@mastodon.online 2026-09-18 18:59
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I've owned an iPhone 4s, 6, and 12 (current) so far. Before that, I owned a Motorola Droid Razr. 😉
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@svavar@masto.svavar.com 2026-09-18 19:14
@nixCraft@mastodon.social They don’t have any interests, hobbies, or personality so they chase dopamine by buying stuff.
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@analogfusion@c.im 2026-09-18 19:40
@nixCraft@mastodon.social I don't understand that mindset, either. Even if I had the money to burn, I wouldn't want to generate e-waste every year.
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@frnmst@social.franco.net.eu.org 2026-09-18 19:48
@nixCraft@mastodon.social some are scalping. But others, why not just wait until its beyond repair 🤷♂️. I changed my android phone only when the battery was a "spicy pillow" and the screen was cracked with bleeding LCD "ink". Never had iThings of course
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@tsenov@mastodon.online 2026-09-18 20:27
@nixCraft@mastodon.social They are still doing that??
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@latenightdef@f-social.techtransthai.org 2026-09-19 04:22
@nixCraft@mastodon.social In my country we have the tradition of buying newest phone and selling the old one as soon as possible to minimize the impact from old model price drop. These allow them to: - Stay trendy by having the latest and greatest. Materialism is very strong here as the indicator of success such as latest iPhone, brand new cars (despite budget ones) or luxury bags - Minimize TCO (somewhat)