I remember we had some version a year ago (was it 0.18?) that made the whole lemmyverse unreliable. Federation was completely fucked, inage upload was buggy... some instances needed weeks for repairing the damage.
It's a pretty normal sentence in Germany. If you consider this was only an attempt, it may make more sense to you. Also we don't do these 2 lifetime plus 50 year sentences like in the US here...
I often played with the thought of buying a fair phone, but in the end it's just too expensive for me. I usually buy used devices for about 150€ from eBay and flash a custom ROM to get rid of google. If I can use that phone for 3 years I am happy. This way I am doing something for the environment and do not support mining of critical minerals in Congo etc.
But yeah, apart from Fair phone almost all devices are very, very hard to repair on purpose, and you need a lot of tools and a but of luck ;)
I just changed the USB port of my Motorola because it was broken AF. I always had to tweak around for 5 minutes to get the cable stable enough for loading, it sucked. I bought the spare part for 17,90€ on eBay. It was a struggle removing the back cover, but now I have a mobile for another 2 years!
I am so happy the Fediverse chick wrote me a DM, which really means Lemmy is growing!