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[The Guardian] - Say hello to longlife tech that can challenge our throwaway culture
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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Unfortunately, as the article states, these are still expensive alternatives. People will not go that way of a cheaper, faster version exists. I think eu regulation will help increase standards of maintainability though
Agreed. At this point, those of us who want to support sustainable companies are not nearly enough to swing the pendulum. There is no incentive for carriers or manufacturers to produce and support longer lasting devices.
Solving the problem will require regulation.