If you think QC is happening locally, then I have a bridge across the Yangtze to sell you bestie.

That’s just a product of them making a LOT of goods for the world. If you have a flagship smartphone, it was probably made in China.

Sorry, it just came across as the whole “China makes low-quality goods” racism that’s been around for decades at this point.

omg ikr?

Can we not keep giving a platform to this piece of human excrement?

You say this like a lot of the stuff you buy from Aussie shelves isn’t bought in bulk from the exact same suppliers as Aliexpress. You just need to do the work to find reputable stores. If it’s the cheapest price available, and the store has a bunch of random numbers in its name, pawbably give it a miss.

Please use Piefed? 🙏

Still just feels off. I don’t know what to tell you. But you really seem to need the last word so I’ll sign off here.

You didn’t, but a canadian posting about dog meat kind of says all it needs too. Like I said, this is tangentially related at best. It feels similar to PETA’s shock efforts, which I don’t think helps the cause at all.

What does it being dogs have to do with anything? It’s not like cows are less worthy of love…

Honestly? It feels like it’s leaning into racist stereotypes. Everyone, everywhere needs to stop eating every kind of meat. It’s tangentially related, at best.

You keep repeating this like they were speaking to anything other than the common parlance term? Where did they say they were addressing someone in this post?

Yeah, alright bestie, the person you replied too had a point but it seemed to of soared right over your head 👍

Why are you this unpleasant?

Isn’t posting this sort of leaning into the whole “We couldn’t possibly eat dogs” hysteria? It hardly seems relevant for this community?

The title of the post quite literally uses the term “silencer”.

Yes, but most people trade their phones in after two to three years.

But is it better than someone else getting use out of the phone for several more years? Because that’s what I’m suggesting, and it seems you’re arguing against a strawman…

It’s the same as trading in a car versus selling it on the private market. It is ALWAYS a bad deal. It’s also not like if you trade it in that’s more environmentally friendly, because they just recycle it immediately, and most of the carbon emissions come from manufacture. They’re just trying to inflate prices by killing the second-hand market.

If you’re that worried about your data, screen who you’re selling it too. But unless you’re a journalist, politician or very high up in a business, you’re probably fine.

Yea wow, you’re doing a great job of proving my point! Look at you go! So talented!! Woah!