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Fairphone CEO says it’s a ‘myth’ that sustainable tech has to cost more and be of lower quality: ‘Neither is needed’ (www.techradar.com)

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[-] voltaa@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

I read the comments properly. Laptops are modular where you can slap any old disc drive in them, I have one in my basement right now where I can do exactly that. If I couldn't swap it easily without taking apart the laptop, I can easily open the laptop and attach it to the board as well, something that I can't do with modern locked tight phones without specialized tools. Last resort would be using USB and an external drive. Tech literacy is dead when people are arguing against having a 3.5mm jack and don't know that you can open a laptop with a screwdriver.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

When was the last time you saw an even semi-modern laptop? There’s no space to jam disc-drives in them and you’d have to cut the body for the slot if there was no option to switch out part of it for something that had one. I frickin’ love modifying stuff and tinkering but that’s just not a reasonable expectation to have for everyone.

I am aware of how to open a laptop, I even have all the bits to do it, I’m just not living in the early 2000s and understand that my needs and how I use stuff are not the only valid ways.

Yes, tech literacy had a small window and now we’re all dumb again but I don’t think it’s why you think it is.

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