When I bought a new phone for GrapheneOS, I wanted to see if the new Pixel model was worth it, as mine was EOL. Many reviewers made comments about it being weird not buying a new 600 € phone every single year.
Then I checked some statistics from my local national bank. I calculated that the average resident in my country was in debt with 24,000 € and had about 3,000€ on hand.
Genuine question: how is capitalism supposed to continue?
They get everyone in horrendous debt until eventually we're all back to being just slaves for like the top 3 dudes. Sure we won't be able to buy nice things any more but slaves don't need nice things.
I just pulled a 20yo laptop out of storage and put Linux Mint on it because I was bored. Wifi and USB ports are slow as molasses in winter, but works fine otherwise.
If you want to be technical about it, there could (and probably are given OnePlus's security history) still be unpatched firmware bugs that will never get patched because OnePlus and Qualcomm have stopped supporting their CPUs which are that old.
Not saying anyone should turn their working phones into e-waste, only that you probably shouldn't treat it like it's perfectly secure either just because it's flashed with the newest Android. Be careful with any super sensitive logins like bank accounts and government sites.
Of course not, /e/OS itself isn't optimally safe either (they aim for maximum compatibility, so most phones can't even relock the bootloader). But it's way, WAY better than a completely unpatched phone from years ago. Not to mention /e/OS gets rid of all the Google spyware in a user-friendly way, and the newer Android makes sure you don't run into compatibility issues.
42 Comments
FishFace@piefed.social · 62 pts · 255d
What?
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz · 28 pts · 255d
Checking I'm not in surreal memes...
PmMeFrogMemes@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 253d
I agree
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 60 pts · 255d
What devices?
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · 77 pts · 255d
The old ones
ch00f@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 255d
Found the youtuber.
wesker@lemmy.sdf.org · 24 pts · 255d
Found the salaried person
lesnout27@feddit.org · 15 pts · 255d
Found Dr. Wesker
Thedogdrinkscoffee@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 255d
Found myself. There and back again, a Lemmings tale.
dangercake@feddit.uk · 12 pts · 255d
In the end, it wasn't about the old devices. It was the friends we made along the way.
mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz · 3 pts · 254d
you guys are making friends?
capcool@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 255d
Found lesnout
jimmux@programming.dev · 6 pts · 255d
Are we sure they're destroyed?
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d
Let's summon them!
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works · 44 pts · 254d
Hourly workers would never get this meme.
And neither do I.
diabetic_porcupine@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 254d
Self employed here. wtf is op talking about
GreenBeanMachine@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 255d
Electricd@lemmybefree.net · 1 pts · 252d
This
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 20 pts · 255d
Is it just me or is /c/memes almost completely non sequitur?
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 255d
We need to go back to the safe ground of Americans complaining about the rubbish Supremor they voted in again by accident.
AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip · 15 pts · 254d
I think this is one of those grammatically and semantically correct sentences that dont mean anything but in meme form
starik@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 254d
They warned us it wasn’t funny
ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 254d
When I bought a new phone for GrapheneOS, I wanted to see if the new Pixel model was worth it, as mine was EOL. Many reviewers made comments about it being weird not buying a new 600 € phone every single year.
Then I checked some statistics from my local national bank. I calculated that the average resident in my country was in debt with 24,000 € and had about 3,000€ on hand.
Genuine question: how is capitalism supposed to continue?
Sunsofold@lemmings.world · 4 pts · 254d
'I just need to make the numbers look good until I can quit this company and level up. Apre moi, le deluge.' - capitalists without capital
'I just need to keep things flowing toward me until I can quit this world and level up. Apre moi, le deluge.' - capitalists with capital
Anyone with a scintilla of awareness knows it has limits, but you can't 'level up' in capitalist games by accepting them.
MBech@feddit.dk · 4 pts · 254d
What do you mean? Capitalism is functioning exactly like it's supposed to. It has always been a tool to consolidate wealth and power to a few people.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 253d
They get everyone in horrendous debt until eventually we're all back to being just slaves for like the top 3 dudes. Sure we won't be able to buy nice things any more but slaves don't need nice things.
kboos1@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 254d
I just pulled a 20yo laptop out of storage and put Linux Mint on it because I was bored. Wifi and USB ports are slow as molasses in winter, but works fine otherwise.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org · 13 pts · 254d
Are they considerably faster in the summer?
kboos1@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 254d
I guess I can either wait and see or put the laptop in the microwave
TheTux@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 254d
Na, they don't fall for the old microwave trick anymore, gotta change the date & time in settings
starik@lemmy.zip · 7 pts · 255d
And wage slaves hate it when Tik Tokkers recycle their appliances.
lath@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 254d
Recycling? Taking it with you to the grave and having it run perfectly when excavated two thousand years later is recycling.
Alcan@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 254d
Me (salaried people but living in this economy): Yay! Finally I can afford the old devices
HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 254d
Me: still using a oneplus 5 from 2017 'cause it just works
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 254d
Flashed with /e/OS for security updates?
Zangoose@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 254d
If you want to be technical about it, there could (and probably are given OnePlus's security history) still be unpatched firmware bugs that will never get patched because OnePlus and Qualcomm have stopped supporting their CPUs which are that old.
Not saying anyone should turn their working phones into e-waste, only that you probably shouldn't treat it like it's perfectly secure either just because it's flashed with the newest Android. Be careful with any super sensitive logins like bank accounts and government sites.
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 254d
Of course not, /e/OS itself isn't optimally safe either (they aim for maximum compatibility, so most phones can't even relock the bootloader). But it's way, WAY better than a completely unpatched phone from years ago. Not to mention /e/OS gets rid of all the Google spyware in a user-friendly way, and the newer Android makes sure you don't run into compatibility issues.
HyperfocusSurfer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 254d
Lineage a.t.m, but used to be divest until it went eol
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 254d
Mom, I’m clutching!
A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl · 2 pts · 254d
What youtuber does this???
Is this a strawman?
prac@lemmy.world · 0 pts · 255d
Haha😅
three@lemmy.zip · -3 pts · 254d
Based capitalist boot licker humor.