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submitted 1 year ago by d3Xt3r@lemmy.nz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Alternatively, if your current phone doesn't have a headphone jack, do you wish it did?

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[-] stealth_cookies@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Some, like Fairphone fanboys in particular, have gone as far as claiming that removing the headphone jack reduces e-waste…

That is a terrible argument for someone to make. There is no way to argue that removing the headphone jack does anything but create more e-waste. First from all the perfectly good wired headphones that are now forced to be replaced, secondly from the fact that Bluetooth headphones all have a shelf life due to the li-ion battery after which they become e-waste. Even with the Fairphone headphones the battery becomes e-waste that wouldn't exist with wired headphones, cables do wear out too, but replacing that part will have a smaller energy footprint to replace than a battery.

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