• piccolo@sh.itjust.works
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      1 day ago

      Back in the day, the phone was property of the phone company, so it was in their best interest not having someone come replace the cable.

      • JustPlainDave@lemmy.zip
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        Yeah, but even after then the phone cord was still a buy it for life item and it came for free with the phone. They haven’t belonged to the phone company since the 70s at the latest.

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      21 hours ago

      No thanks, at that point I’d rather just a buy a third party one of higher quality.