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From the environmental point of view, it's incredible that they want these machines, built with so much energy and resources (e.g. a chip fab uses a lot of wate
by netsharc 2y ago
From the environmental point of view, it's incredible that they want these machines, built with so much energy and resources (e.g. a chip fab uses a lot of water [1], and a laptop is more than just chips), to just be destroyed...
[1] https://www.theverge.com/22628925/water-semiconductor-shortage-arizona-drought https://www.theverge.com/22628925/water-semiconductor-shorta...
- bravetraveler 2y agoCan't let anyone know/feel how we've been drip-fed improvements for personal enrichment
- bluescrn 2y agoPerfectly normal behaviour these days, sadly: https://x.com/RDKLInc/status/1743460577391808825 https://x.com/RDKLInc/status/1743460577391808825 Not to mention the planned obsolecence of non-upgradeable machines with near-unreplaceable battery packs (a very popular 'dark pattern' these days in device design, clearly aimed at encouraging people to replace the entire device more frequently)