Comment on Only 1 in 3 Euro consumers are trading in their old phones

• princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  But is it better than someone else getting use out of the phone for several more years? Because that’s what I’m suggesting, and it seems you’re arguing against a strawman…

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  • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    What strawman? I’m talking about my old phones in my drawer, though I doubt that’s rare.

    The thing with that is that nobody can get (much) use out of my old phones, because I already use them until they’re broken or unreasonably old - when even aftermarket ROMs like LineageOS don’t get security updates anymore, it’s time to retire that phone, and I regularly use my phones beyond that point.

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    • princessnorah@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Yes, but most people trade their phones in after two to three years.

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      • rumschlumpel@feddit.org ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        The article says right there that only 1 in 3 people are doing that (in europe).

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