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Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2026 3:22 pm
by Meds
UWSaint wrote: ↑Tue Apr 07, 2026 9:50 am
Happy belated Easter. The resurrection is positive shit, even 2000 years on. Even to those skeptics as to truth of the resurrection or to Christ’s divinity, it ought to be a given that it is positive shit if one is grateful for western civilization. I believe that no widely adopted code of ethics or belief has ever been more counterintuitive to its time or positively transformative to society, and without the resurrection (or as the skeptics would say, the story of the resurrection), the words of the man behind this wisdom would almost certainly be forgotten long long ago.
He is risen. Hallelujah.
+1
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2026 9:43 am
by Topper
Pakistan, for at least trying.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2026 3:20 pm
by Per
These horses look exactly like the ones on mesolithic cave paintings in France and Spain!
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:53 am
by Per
The European Union already forced Apple to abandon its proprietary charging port and adopt USB-C across its entire iPhone lineup. It just did something bigger. A new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center. Batteries must maintain a minimum capacity threshold after a set number of charge cycles and replacement parts must remain available for up to ten years after a model goes on sale.
The consumer electronics industry built its current business model around batteries that degrade, cannot be replaced at home, and create a natural upgrade cycle every two to three years. The EU just legislated that model out of existence in the world's largest regulatory market. Apple, Samsung, and every other manufacturer now faces a choice between redesigning their devices for the European market or accepting that their current hardware architecture is no longer legally sellable there. Given that no company walks away from European consumers voluntarily the phones are going to change and once they change for Europe the rest of the world will ask why theirs still do not.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:13 pm
by Meds
Per wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:53 am
The European Union already forced Apple to abandon its proprietary charging port and adopt USB-C across its entire iPhone lineup. It just did something bigger. A new EU mandate requires every smartphone sold in Europe including Apple devices to feature a battery that can be replaced by the user without specialist tools, without voiding a warranty, and without sending the device to a manufacturer approved service center. Batteries must maintain a minimum capacity threshold after a set number of charge cycles and replacement parts must remain available for up to ten years after a model goes on sale.
The consumer electronics industry built its current business model around batteries that degrade, cannot be replaced at home, and create a natural upgrade cycle every two to three years. The EU just legislated that model out of existence in the world's largest regulatory market. Apple, Samsung, and every other manufacturer now faces a choice between redesigning their devices for the European market or accepting that their current hardware architecture is no longer legally sellable there. Given that no company walks away from European consumers voluntarily the phones are going to change and once they change for Europe the rest of the world will ask why theirs still do not.
A few thoughts…..
I like this regulation. Forced obsolescence is a major problem in so many ways. I’m still running an iPhone 13. Other than the camera, and a bit of processing speed, it pretty much does everything my wife’s new iPhone 17 does. I have no desire to upgrade other than that corner of my brain that likes shiny new things.
Is it worth the headache for Apple (and others) to create the iPhone EU and then the iPhone EE (Everyone Else)? In that event some people will simply try to order new phones from European retailers.
I’m not sure what the driving force for replacing/upgrading your phone is in Europe, but here it is heavily influenced by having the latest and greatest.
It will be interesting to see what this does to consumer costs in Europe because it impacts all current manufacturers. I can see some steep increases…..in the EU only if manufacturers go the route of having two lines of the same phone, or everywhere if they simply change it up and sell the same thing worldwide that all meet the EU regs.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:23 pm
by donlever
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Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:51 pm
by Topper
That wouldn't be very positive
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sat Apr 25, 2026 1:11 pm
by donlever
Yeah....you're right...my bad.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 2:48 am
by Per
Topper wrote: ↑Sat Apr 25, 2026 12:51 pm
That wouldn't be very positive
I think it is. The phones are made to go obsolete within three years. It is typically the battery that fails and you usually cannot replace it. To make it easier for the consumers to get spare parts and keep their phone longer is a huge win for both the consumers and the environment. The billionaires in charge will earn a little less, but everyone else is a winner.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 8:19 am
by donlever
He was responding to me.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 8:29 am
by 5thhorseman
Per wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 2:48 am
The billionaires in charge will earn a little less, but everyone else is a winner.
Billionaires own less than 1% of Apple. So the average joe would be more affected.
We need to change the tax structure if we want to impact billionaires' outsized profits.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 2:56 pm
by Per
donlever wrote: ↑Sun Apr 26, 2026 8:19 am
He was responding to me.
Ah, OK, but that post is gone.
Re: Positive Shit
Posted: Sun Apr 26, 2026 3:08 pm
by Cookie La Rue
The European Shit is the same as in Canada. So why not do it together.
