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by wiz21c 2523 days ago
Same dilemma for me. But I think environment priority is more important because freedom can't exist without environment. (now, it just could happen that my current phone breaks for a very unfortunate, totally unplanned, "accident" :-))
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Making the moral decision requires freedom.

Look at where the modern PC ecosystem is right now with windows: huge chunks of unusable plastic,fiberglass, and metal with serious software flaws that turn them into useless trash shortly after people buy them. When the community (much less, the individual consumer) can’t deal with broken software that’s tied to their (unupgradable) hardware it all just accumulates in landfills. People accept that you have to buy new phones and laptops every couple years because they have no other practical choice.

I’m not sure I could say one should have a higher priority than the other, in fact I’m almost certain I could say they can’t.

If you sell or give away your current device to someone who would have bought a new phone you aren't adding to waste.