The scariest thing with all this is that some people are applauding it. I have spoken to creators that continue to blame piracy for them not being rich while apple and labels take 90+% of the revenue for their creations.
This really is a big part of this. Phones not having guaranteed security updates have forced them into being disposable. The way to avoid this is increasingly difficult even for tech-savvy users as bootloaders are locked and root results in bans from many apps. Part of me wishes that items that are disposable should be taxed on the cost to recycle into a new item. We used to have 10 year warranties on things. Now we have 1 year.
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The scariest thing
The scariest thing with all this is that some people are applauding it. I have spoken to creators that continue to blame piracy for them not being rich while apple and labels take 90+% of the revenue for their creations.
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This really is a big part of this. Phones not having guaranteed security updates have forced them into being disposable. The way to avoid this is increasingly difficult even for tech-savvy users as bootloaders are locked and root results in bans from many apps.
Part of me wishes that items that are disposable should be taxed on the cost to recycle into a new item. We used to have 10 year warranties on things. Now we have 1 year.