The decision could have a global impact.

All smartphones, including iPhones, must have replaceable batteries by 2027 in the EU::undefined

  • madcaesar@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1098·
    1 year ago

    We need SD cards more. They removed them so they can charge you 300 $ to upgrade 128gb and to force you into shitty cloud service.

    Again, just anti consumer bullshit spearheaded by Apple and gargled by Samsung.

    • el_bhm@lemm.eeEnglish
      23·
      1 year ago

      I have flashbacks to using external storage on Android. It was such a shit show of an API. That being said, external storage, to break away from cloud storage is the next needed thing. We need to own the data.

      • beigegull@lemmy.worldEnglish
        291·
        1 year ago

        When you design an OS to pretend there’s no such thing as a file, it ends up being bad at handling files.

        • Croquette@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          41·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, even today, browsing through files on Android is a fucking mess. And there isn’t an SD card.

          So the SD card wasn’t the problem

          • Matriks404@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            I was trying to figure out recently how do I copy files into application user data directory, it turns out you just can’t, lol.

            • bric@lemm.eeEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              You can with very basic root tools, but really that just solidifies your point. It’s an easy thing to do, but they’ve intentionally taken away the ability for no good reason

            • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
              1·
              1 year ago

              Which did away with the headphone jack and asks €400 for crap performance.

              Nah I’m sticking to my Samsung XCover

              • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
                1·
                1 year ago

                Xperia IV aren’t crap performance but they are 3x €400

                It was the SOC that wasn’t great. Nothing to do with the manufacturers.

                • Fonzie!@ttrpg.networkEnglish
                  1·
                  1 year ago

                  Ah, I had the Experia XZ Compact before, the performance was awful, even when I didn’t have high expectations.
                  It even had trouble just web browsing static, textual webpages.

                  The camera was really good, but that was the only thing I was happy with.

                  Either way, the fact that your good Sony phone is around € 1200 speaks volumes.

                  • LUHG@lemmy.worldEnglish
                    11·
                    1 year ago

                    Either way, you could spend the same amount on an iPhone or a Samsung. Failing to see your point here.

    • chaircat@lemdro.idEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      Again, just anti consumer bullshit spearheaded by Apple and gargled by Samsung.

      Samsung was actually one of the later Android manufacturers to drop it is my recollection.