Earthwormjim91 @ Earthwormjim91 @lemmy.world

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How do you think pensions were set up?

The company holding the pension just invested in the market themselves instead of you getting to choose what to invest in yourself, and you lost all of that investment if you left the company before 20 years. There were more strict requirements for what they could invest in, and they had to be much lower risk than what an individual is allowed to invest their own money into. You still had issues with if the stock market tanked, pension funds would be affected.

Talk about people being tied to an employer over health insurance being terrible, you would lose your entire retirement if you left a company.

If you want to talk about a nationwide public pension system, that’s basically what social security is. And guess what, it’s invested in the market too. It’s one of the single largest holders of US bonds. Same with every other government pension system.

What happens if they make less profit? Their stock goes down which affects millions of 401ks that are invested in the market.

Accounting for inflation isn’t growth is the point.

If you’re not making more, you’re making less simply due to that.

It’s real easy to say “just be satisfied with it” when you’re talking about a private company, but for a publicly traded company you’re fucking over millions of people with retirement accounts if you’re not keeping up with inflation.

Because if you’re not, you’re making less simply due to inflation.

You would need to make $108 Billion in profit this year to have the same relative profit as $98 Billion last year.

Uh yeah. Cleaning your keyboard is pretty standard.

Take it up with iFixit lol. I’m going off of their repairability scores

iPhones are already the most repairable of the flagships. And really only the fairphone is more repairable.

I wish that USB-C would have been just like a bigger lightning port to handle usb 3 and higher. I like the form factor of lightning better than C.

It’s a more robust connector having the pins protected in the port than having a weak little piece sticking out in the middle. I’ve had a few USB-C ports break on me on the device because they cheaped out. My galaxy S9, my Pixel 4, and my pixel buds all had the port on the phone get wonky and wouldn’t charge from any cable.

The average person isn’t buying their phone outright either. They’re getting an upgrade from their cell carrier, and most of them do “free phone on us” as long as you stay under contract for 2 years.

T-Mobile for example (just who I’m with) will give you a $1000 credit towards a 15 pro if you trade in an “eligible device” over 24 months.

Relatively few people are just outright dropping $1000 on a phone.

You do know that Apple gives pretty damn solid trade ins right?

If you have a 14 pro and want to upgrade to a 15 pro, you get $570 for your 14 if it’s in good shape. So a 15 pro is only $429.

If you really enjoy having the latest and greatest, it’s not that hard to put away $35 a month towards upgrading.

Why not bring black floppy drives too while they’re at it?

It’s more Qi charging with magnets to align the wireless charger right. More efficient wireless charging, and opens up a lot of accessories.

I use a MagSafe wallet and it’s reduced the number of things I carry with me to really just 2. Phone and car key sine the wallet is magnet attached to the phone.

I also have a MagSafe charging stand that allows me to use standby mode and it turns my phone into a nightstand clock with my schedule and things displayed.

There’s MagSafe battery packs, phone stands, car mounts, you name it.

Because people lost their shit when the iPhone moved from the 30 pin to the lightning.

Apple significantly helped develop USB-C. They were always going to move to it eventually, and have been staying with the Mac and the iPads.

People buy a LOT more accessories for iPhones though that a port change obsoletes. You see videos now about how many of your accessories you’re going to have to rebuy or buy an adapter for.

It’s not a minor change at all. They said 10 years for lightning when they introduced it, and went exactly 10 years.

Exchange?

Google doesn’t have a program for that, and they’ve already said accidental damage isn’t covered by warranty.

So if you crack your screen, it’s entirely on you to just buy a full new one. You could turn it in for recycling, sure. But that wouldnt go be be refurbished. Most companies don’t do their own refurbishment, and the pixel watch does not any parts available to it outside of manufacture.

That already happens.

Horses will eat chicks like popcorn. https://youtube.com/shorts/fg2mJ4veuAY?si=pZWcrA2Jb0ThDmU2

Apple does repair watches. It’s limited to the two biggest things, the glass and the battery. Anything else and they just replace it and tear down the old one for resources.

Smartwatches in general are hard to repair but Apples service is miles ahead of anyone else.

Eh, it’s not like people are raising cattle for the purpose of leather. It’s a byproduct of the meat industry for the most part.

Dropping leather isn’t going to do anything for the environment because those cows are still going to be raised and killed for meat.

I regularly get 24+ hours on my S8, including using the sleep tracking and a 45 minute workout every day.

She doesn’t have a daughter though?

Because the 12 and 13 minis didn’t sell for shit. That’s why.

There’s no point in keeping around a product line that nobody is buying.