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Isn't not being able to replace / recycle the batteries in products a negative externality?
by JaimeThompson 7y ago
Isn't not being able to replace / recycle the batteries in products a negative externality?
- blotter_paper 7y agoWithout mounting an argument that others have to buy such products due to market forces, no, because the issue only affects the consumer and not those around them. A lack of security updates and no way to roll your own is more in the ballpark, since your IoT-whatever could be borged into a botnet and used to cause further damage, but even that seems like a reach compared to the danger of an exploding automobile.