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I often hear, "You should never cheap out on a good office chair, shoes, underpants, backpack etc.." but what are some items that you would feel OK to cheap out on?

This can by anything from items such as: expensive clothing brands to general groceries.

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[โ€“] Nisaea@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Depends. That's about what I paid for my previous phone second hand and it lasted me 7 years and I loved it to bits. But I was pretty broke and only could afford that. New phone, I decided to buy a brand new fairphone, because i think that the moment I get enough disposable income, I have a moral responsibility to use it in ways that encourage more ethical practices, for all the people who can't. Doing that is bloody expensive, but if it somehow helps make this dystopian hellscape a little more bearable, I'll invest.

[โ€“] owen@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Indeed. And that's a great point, I would love a fairphone (or idealy a true linux handheld) for my next mobile device.

The key to my post is that purchasing $1500 sansungs and ios devices is ludicrous in this market, unless you are developing on the cutting edge or are a luxury tech enthusiast

[โ€“] Nisaea@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 10 months ago

It is, yeah. Especially if it's to change it after 2 short years of use because if you keep it longer than that you look like a bum or whatever. I will never understand that tbh.