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The original comment suggested that this should be illegal, and the reply, as I interpreted it, asked on what grounds. I can see on reflection we're discussing
by nopassrecover 10y ago
The original comment suggested that this should be illegal, and the reply, as I interpreted it, asked on what grounds. I can see on reflection we're discussing different issues (i.e. I've taken the comment trail as a normative discussion, rather than a technical one).
Sustainability concerns seem like a valid ethical reason to create laws and attempt to minimise things like this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12742974 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12742974
- mattnumbe 10y agoMy comment can be read two ways: It's too bad sustainability has nothing to do with legality, in the sense that it should be illegal to make products that are extremely wasteful.
- 3stripe 10y agoAnd you hit the nail on the head in terms of what I was angling at :) On a related note: http://qz.com/811525/sweden-gives-its-fixer-citizens-tax-breaks-for-repairing-not-replacing-whats-broken/ http://qz.com/811525/sweden-gives-its-fixer-citizens-tax-bre... -> "Sweden offering tax breaks to citizens who repair, not replace, broken things"