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[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

WTF, they want 35€ for a 1m cable?! I'm sorry, but Im gonna take 6 cables for 6€ that do exactly the same thing.

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

By "do exactly the same thing" you mean exploiting Chinese children and producing waste by failing early? Because they dont do that.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I get where you are coming from, but 6 times the price of a normal cable can not be explained by fair working conditions.

That would mean that their Phones also have to cost around 3000€

[–] tomi000@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Im not an expert, but pretty sure you cant extrapolate costs of two completely different products and expect them to match. A cable probably requires more manual labor which is way more expensive in Europe. Add the costs for the certificate, which isnt cheap and also not irrelevant. Pretty sure some cheap China cable doesnt survive 10k bends, so over time these might even be cheaper.

If it was easy, wouldnt someone provide an alternative for high quality ethical USB cables? The ones Ive found are also around 30-35€.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 days ago

Ok, so if your theory is correct then this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7bkXTbCL53U&t=4

Would be, relatively speaking, much more manual work than this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nCPNH5QzEB8&t=125

It does not seem to make sense to me, but I could be wrong.

Fair materials costs shouldn't be the cause because the materials are similar in smartphones and cables. (Copper and Plastic, a cable is arguably a good chunk more Copper but ist shouldn't be too far off.)

[–] Burnoutdv@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Thats quite unlikely, try to find a usb c cable that actually speaks 40 gig or at least 20 like this one, they are a bit cheaper what fairphone is asking, but the cables that can actually deliver are quite pricey. The cheap ones you see only do 480 mbit or power online and not 240 watts

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] Burnoutdv@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Sure buy that thing, but 240watts is lots of power in a small diameter, that's surely were you trust the cheapest biddet am i right. People in the oh so trust worthy comments note that it does not quite deliver the speed but seems to be up to speed.. Or at least the first batch did

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Hm, I mean expensive brand products often enough still fail spectacularly or are revealed to be produced from the same factory as the cheap products, so price alone isn't a trustworthy decider.

On that front Fairphones certification is actually good.

Hey, I'm not saying I'm not willing to pay extra for proven quality and fair working conditions, I just think that 6 times more is too much more.

[–] A7thStone@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I totally trust that cable from scamazon to not be counterfeit.

[–] ragas@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

I have one like it and it works without issues. Now what?

[–] cepelinas@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Ragas is from .ml and his name translates to horn probably not a reasonable person