Ewaste makes me super sad. I was in an electronics stores recently and found myself bored and even a little bit disgusted - new macbooks! new ipads! new laptops

Ewaste makes me super sad. I was in an electronics stores recently and found myself bored and even a little bit disgusted - new macbooks! new ipads! new laptops! new phones! Every year, new new new. But I have a lot more fun in the used electronics shop in my city (Guanghua digital plaza in Taipei). I find it a lot more fun to find good deals on parts punching above their weight for the price, e.g. if I find a used computer with a great processor in it that's selling for cheap because the specs are otherwise bad or whatever. And, in general, I find the thrill of the project much more fun than new new new. Can't wait to install linux on this used laptop, oooh a used pixel phone, the camera is still pretty good, maybe I can use this for a pet camera for my lizard, etc. New phones especially I just don't understand anymore. My phone's been able to do everything I need it to do since like, 2016. New AI "feature," better processors, bigger screens, I don't get it. I have an excellent camera (fuji xt5) so better cameras don't excite me.