European Commission5d ago

πŸ“± Built to last

Your new smartphone or tablet must last longer, be easier to fix, and use less energy.

As new EU Ecodesign and Energy Labelling laws have entered into force, here’s what changes:

πŸ”§ Easier to repair – spare parts for at least 7 years
πŸ’§ More durable against drops, water, dust
πŸ’‘ Labelled for energy use, battery life, durability
πŸ’Ά €20 billion savings for consumers by 2030
🌱 Using 1/3 less energy vs. doing nothing

Smart rules. Smart savings. All win.

ℹ️ https://europa.eu/!vwY9Nn

Show threadDeni Mintsaev πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί5d ago
@EUCommission we really need to force smartphone manufacturers to have expandable storage options like they did in the past 😭
Show threadkΞ”5d ago
@mintydev @EUCommission It’s called cloud storage and if you lose your device or it fails you can still get your data πŸ’β€β™‚οΈ SD cards were hugely unreliable in phones which is why Apple never used them and Samsung are abandoning them.
Show threadDeni Mintsaev πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί4d ago
@kDelta @EUCommission I just don't think it's fair for an extra 128gb of device storage to cost €100, when the equivalent micro SD card is like €10-20. Also, I never found them to be unreliable.
Show threadkΞ”
@mintydev @EUCommission Which is exactly why when someone tries to buy a 256GB device from me I tell them to get the 128GB and pay for cloud storage with all its benefits. 😁 You may not have had a problem yet, but the day it happens you’ll wish you never used an SD card. 😞 Look into cloud options like Proton β˜ΊοΈπŸ‘
Jun 23 at 7:38amWeb
Show threadDeni Mintsaev πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί4d ago
@kDelta @EUCommission things like Proton and Nextcloud are definitely tempting, haha
Show threadkΞ”4d ago
@mintydev @EUCommission I used to used to just pay for Apple iCloud for the ease of it all, but due to the way things are going I wanted to get my data away from the USA hence I moved to Proton. 😁
Show threadDeni Mintsaev πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡Ί4d ago
@kDelta @EUCommission Nice! I also use Proton services, but I originally got onboard due to privacy concerns of using Google, but now I also appreciate the fact that it's a European service. Nextcloud is also European btw; it's German (even if originally developed by an American company many years ago).
Show threadRasmus Lindegaard4d ago

@kDelta @mintydev @EUCommission cloud storage is good, but there's something to be said for an offline copy.

I think the option to use an SD card is excellent, when you pair it with an off device copy (preferably with a decent snapshot backup)