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I really hate the idea of buying semi-disposable items, particularly electronics. It just becomes one more item in the landfill, one more thing to replace with
by rgbrgb 15y ago
I really hate the idea of buying semi-disposable items, particularly electronics. It just becomes one more item in the landfill, one more thing to replace with a newly manufactured version. We're seeing that with computers and it's becoming a real problem. It isn't that I don't love new things but part of the reason that new things are so nice is because the things we're manufacturing are not designed to last. If only there was more money in environmentalism. Then maybe some smart hackernewsers would produce solutions.
- tsotha 15y ago>I really hate the idea of buying semi-disposable items, particularly electronics. There's no reason for a Kindle to be "semi-disposable". There isn't anything so cheap that it's going to wear out or break in a short period of time, as long as you take care of it.
- rgbrgb 15y agoThe review explicitly stated that the low end kindle was worth it because you could just buy another when it breaks.
- tsotha 15y agoYes, it does, but there's no reason this one is more likely to break than the others. The low end kindle may not last if you mistreat it, but that's true for just about anything.