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Comment on "Ethical" brands that aren't living up to their hype vs what's actually a good one? in ~enviro
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Comment on "Ethical" brands that aren't living up to their hype vs what's actually a good one? in ~enviro
swagglepf Link ParentI would argue that buying second hand really isn’t any more ethical in the big picture. Sure you may have not directly bought an item from said company. You can be positive that the original...I would argue that buying second hand really isn’t any more ethical in the big picture. Sure you may have not directly bought an item from said company. You can be positive that the original manufacture price includes a percentage based on resale of their products. All these companies know that there are people who will never buy a product brand new and this is taken into account in the initial price.
Then there are wholesale companies that specialize in providing used items to 3rd party sellers that you would find on all of those sites that you listed. I will use Swappa as a good example because I use that to sell phones and computers myself. That platform is full of almost nothing but actual companies that only sell used phones. If you dig into the supply of used phones, you will find there are companies that do bulk wholesale for used phones. Those companies source a large portion of the used devices directly from the OEM to sell to the 3rd party used retailers. A lot of times used electronics are making the OEM money twice with the used market.
Obviously if you are buying from a solo individual on these platforms it may be a bit more ethical. You also have to consider that most of those people are probably selling what they have to buy the new stuff when it comes out. That’s what I do with swappa, I buy a phone use it for a couple months. Turn around and sell it so that I can buy the next best phone to use for a couple months and then sell the device. There are people that do that with clothing and all sorts of stuff.
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Comment on I would really appreciate some help. Looking for moving, thoughtful or observant or interesting songs that aren't metal or rap/hiphop in ~music
swagglepf Linkhttps://youtu.be/Vc75pr0UteQ This song and particular artist have been my jam lately.This song and particular artist have been my jam lately.
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Comment on What password management solution do you use and why? in ~tech
swagglepf Link ParentAnother vote for Bitwarden, been using it exclusively for about 6 months. Works across all my devices, includes Apple, windows and android. I pay the 10 a year just because I want to support them....Another vote for Bitwarden, been using it exclusively for about 6 months. Works across all my devices, includes Apple, windows and android. I pay the 10 a year just because I want to support them. Previously used 1password which had no issues, just wanted to switch to an open source manager.
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Comment on Thoughts on the Proton app suite on Apple products? in ~tech
swagglepf Link ParentI did a little searching on that. It seems likes that function is on the road map, but who knows when that will happen. You can currently sync your phone contacts to proton but proton to phone...I did a little searching on that. It seems likes that function is on the road map, but who knows when that will happen. You can currently sync your phone contacts to proton but proton to phone isn’t possible. Then again they have had contact management for 6 years and still can’t sync with devices. Their road map for features is all over the place it seams.
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Thoughts on the Proton app suite on Apple products?
I am curious to see what other peoples experience has been with all of their apps? I made the decision to switch to proton for mail, drive, calendar and vpn 7 months ago. I wanted to get away from...
I am curious to see what other peoples experience has been with all of their apps?
I made the decision to switch to proton for mail, drive, calendar and vpn 7 months ago. I wanted to get away from having all my stuff tied to apple/google/microsoft. While it has been pretty solid for the most part, especially with android. The same cannot be said for their iOS/iPadOS apps at all. This will be my personal observation from my experience with iOS/iPadOS apps.
Mail - Pretty solid all around experience, timely notifications on incoming mail. I have 4 email addresses setup based on the type of account I used for them. I only get bothered by the emails that I would need to see and the rest get checked around once a day. Recently the whole app on both iPad and iPhone has just slowed down so much. Opening the app is frustratingly slow, while everything loads in. I will get a new email and click on the notification and the app will sometimes load the last email I viewed and not the one from the notification. I have cleared the cache and signed out and then back in and it still has this behavior.
Drive - This one is the biggest pain point for me. On iPhone the app crashes when you try to watch a video in landscape mode. This is a pretty basic feature in 2023 if you ask me. I did report the bug, to which they said they are aware and have no timeline for when it will be fixed. The next biggest issue with drive on iOS/iPadOS is that you can only upload 1 file at a time. If you do multiple files if not all, almost all of them will fail to upload. You have to do it 1 file at a time. Reported this and was told the same thing I was about the landscape mode. Seems odd to not want to fix a core function of a cloud storage app as soon as possible.
VPN - I really enjoy this vpn and have paid for just the vpn in past. Now it constantly disconnects or gets stuck in connecting. I can’t use quick connect unless I manually pick a country connect then disconnect. After that I can use quick connect with out any issues. This happens without having secure core toggle on. This is happening on both my iPad and iPhone. Waiting on them to actually help trouble shoot this after sending them a bug report.
Calendar - Is the most useless app they have every put out. I was so excited to finally dial this calendar app in when I got my iPad. Only to find out that they don’t have an iPad version of their calendar. Which makes no sense because that is an app that can really shine on an iPad when do well. This whole app just feels like an after thought and they only have it just to say we have a calendar app too.
I feel that compared to when I started using all of their apps back in December. The quality and stability of the apps has really taken a hit. I understand that they probably have a focus on building their brand with an app suite based on privacy. I feel like the quality is really taking a hit especially with iOS/iPadOS versions of the apps. The obvious answer is to just switch back to android and save myself the headache of apple. The reason for apple is a whole post in its own and I want to keep this one on topic.
For clarification, I have been using the iOS versions since December. I was switching between pixel 7 pro and 14 pro max every few weeks. Having an eco system of apps not based on either platform was also why I chose proton everything.
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Not sure where your perfection rant is coming from. All I did was point out that the systems are designed to always make the company money. Whether it’s first hand or second hand.
Pretending that buying second hand doesn’t contribute to the unethical practices of business. Is literally just a way to feel better about your choices.
Buying an item made by children in factories second hand. Doesn’t change the fact that the item was made by children in factories.
The only way to buy anything ethically is to not support those companies who partake in unethical practices. Good luck finding a company that doesn’t do some shady stuff ant some point.