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"You hate capitalism so much, _and yet you live under capitalism!_ How very hypocritical of you..." Don't get me wrong, Framework makes a lot of neat stuff, b
by DanHulton 3y ago
"You hate capitalism so much, _and yet you live under capitalism!_ How very hypocritical of you..."
Don't get me wrong, Framework makes a lot of neat stuff, but you can't swap out a Macbook to _anything_ without consequences. It does not take a lot of imagination and empathy to see that for some people, those consequences aren't acceptable at all, or not simply not worth the utterly undetectable sting that a company such as Apple would feel by us not buying a single Macbook from them.
If someone has to alter their entire work environment and process, while Apple doesn't even notice, is that truly worth the moral superiority they'll feel? For a whole lot of people, that answer is "no", and I can't blame them.
And yet we live under capitalism...
- gxs 3y agoWhat a false equivalency. No, you can’t avoid capitalism, you’re born in the country your born and you don’t have that choice. This is more like moving to a capitalist country and then complaining that you live in a capitalist country.
- rezonant 3y agoThe tech companies have boiled their frogs slowly and deliberately. Apple didn't start out the way it is today after all.
- docmars 3y agoGood point -- With great power comes great inevitable irresponsibility and abuses. The human condition never fails to pollute and corrupt anything as untouchable as Apple. Too big to fail, by definition!