Matthew MalthouseWeb search found a handy decoder for obscure appliance error messages.
Seems that ERR001FU indicates that you bought the washing machine 3 years and a day ago, your extended warranty has just expired and any repair will cost more than a new machine.
hyakinthosWho do you blame for almost all non-consumable goods becoming #enshitified?
I use the term loosely to cover things like:
* #designedObsolescence
* no wiring diagrams or tech info for appliances
* short warranties
* non-replaceable batteries
* closed-source software
* IoT (aka IoS: internet of shit)
* #CAPTCHA
* cookie popups
* #walledGardens
* etc.
consumers (for being foolish pushovers)
suppliers (for maximizing profit)
both consumers and suppliers
the gov (for not imposing anti-shit controls)
Poll ended at .
bojkotiMalbonaThe US fed distributes gratis smartphones to poor people under a project called #Lifeline.
Question: are these gov-issued phones enumbered by Google or Apple? Do recipients have to agree to Google or Apple ToS? Or is the licensing and software more appropriate for a public device, thus #FOSS?
If it’s the former, thus the phones are not updated and become e-waste due to #designedObsolescence, do the feds give recipients a hardware upgrade every few years?
@normplum @Tutanota And perhaps even more interesting is to ask:
Why did you ditch Tuta?
I opened an acct just to see how the crypto was implemented, hoping it could be a hushmail replacement. Discovered that Tuta’s tech is not open standards (i.e. not openpgp). So it’s a #walledGarden & cannot serve the e2ee purpose when one party is not on the platform.
But I kept the account because there was at least a FOSS f-droid app which gave some relief from having to login manually via web app.
I *ditched* Tuta when Tuta ditched me. Tuta used #designedObsolescence pro-actively break their app on older Androids. I will not buy new hardware and partake in ecocide by #ewaste.
(edit) Then #Tuta deleted my account when I did not login often enough, which happened because I was forced to use their web UI.
MattDisposable vapes are not really disposable
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pcrlwtipwww
#Capitalism #designedObsolescence #disposable #vapes #wasteThatIsNotWaste
'Disposable' vapes are a lie. Here's how to fix them.
If a #smartphone maker decides to stop maintaining or distributing a device for which the hardware could still function for decades ahead, should there be legislation against this #designedObsolescence?
key:
PD → public domain
GNU FOSS → free software with FSF assigned as the custodian (though for the poll assume they have a choice of impartial custodians [would be weird for law to impose using FSF])
h/w → hardware
/cc @pollbot
Forced relicensing as PD or Gnu FOSS
Must finance porting a FOSS system to their h/w
Give suppliers a choice of the above
No, let copyright holders obsolete devices
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expat@SebastienK Can I dump garbage on your yard or driveway and call you spoiled for not liking the burden of dealing with it properly? Everything you own owns you. Of course Apple is responsible for their devices being designed to become garbage much earlier than necessary. #DesignedObsolescence is the fault of the designer. And to some extent it’s also the fault of consumers who knowingly and willfully buy such products.
lazysupper 🍂🍁 salguod, manI've had my phone (Sharp Aquos R) for 5 years now. I did a battery change 1 or 2 years ago.
It's becoming rather sluggish, but I hope it can last another year against the gears of #DesignedObsolescence.
It'd be swell if I didn't have to change it at all.
It's becoming rather sluggish, but I hope it can last another year against the gears of #DesignedObsolescence.
It'd be swell if I didn't have to change it at all.
censored for “transphobia”If someone advocates for high prices on products that do social and/or environmental harm¹ as a means for harm reduction, are they “classist”?
① e.g.:
* cars (registration, parking, procurement, etc)
* fuel for cars
* air travel
* animal products
* vented tumble dryers
* hardware w/ #designedObsolescence
“qyes” → qualified yes
/cc @CorvidCrone
no
qyes if they don’t oppose consumption by the rich
yes
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If you give a shit about the environment, you will stop writing software for recent #Android devices. The #designedObsolescence this supports drives ppl to throw away perfectly good hardware & finance overproduction of more phones. Avoid being part of the #climate problem.