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Disposable batteries aren’t sustainable either.

Comparing Suri to Phillips, you can at least have the battery changed, rather than throwing away the whole thing like with the Phillips.

I agree it would be better if the Suri battery was user changeable, they claim there is water proofing that makes it hard to repair yourself.

Looks like iFixit came out with the critique a few months back: https://www.ifixit.com/News/109270/you-cant-even-replace-the-battery-in-the-green-suri-toothbrush

Suri is a UK company making sustainable electric toothbrushes. They are also a B Certified Corporation.

https://www.trysuri.com/

I think to truly break out of US controlled operating systems is to be able to run the proprietary apps/programs, that people depend on, on an open source operating systems they don’t control.

While ideally people shouldn’t be dependent on this proprietary software, due to unchecked monopoly behavior, consumers don’t have many choices, especially in mobile.

There has been success with Valve and the Steam Deck. While they are still a US company, they have hugely pushed forward running Windows games on Linux to the point where you don’t need to use Windows unless you want to play games that require anti-cheat.

If an app that is being used to coordinate a rebellion takes off the US government can order Apple to disable its use. I hope the degoogling Android trend takes off further.

Apple already did this in Hong Kong to appease China. They took down apps that were used by protesters to coordinate, they even modified AirDrop so it couldn’t be easily used for ad hoc communication.

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/17/apple-globally-censoring-this-iphone-communication-feature-deserves-renewed-scrutiny/

Don’t worry, Recall will record everything done on the Windows machine.

AAA games have been boring and bland for quite some time. I got a Steam Deck and mainly play indie games and older titles. I couldn’t care less about GTA 6 or new consoles. There’s such a huge catalog of games on Steam to play.

Are you moving to Europe or trying to find a job in Europe while living in the US?

I think moving to Europe is really the only option unless the EU company has a US entity.

Sounds like a fucking nightmare, but a wet dream to Big Tech.

Capitalism is causing massive wealth inequality.

I would expect a repair score to be about how easy it is to repair, can the battery be easily changed, is it glued down, etc.

Why is the energy usage so big and the repairability score so small?

These should be switched. Energy usage of the smartphone is less relevant, as it is a mobile device, so it is already designed to be energy efficient.

Android phones have objectively more spyware than Apple phones.