Me going to my high school reunion solely to tell the jocks "You were right about everything. You were trying to help me."
Although it's something the comic touched up on a bit, I'm surprised there isn't some businesses that's all about repurposing e-waste. Just install ubuntu or something and then sell them for cheap.
I'm surprised there isn't some businesses that's all about repurposing e-waste. Just install ubuntu or something and then sell them for cheap.
there are some. Not enough, and probably way more outside the imperial core, but I've seen a few. I think it's getting better as time goes on and tech iteration slows down. 10 years ago it would've been something of a struggle to run modern web pages on a 5 year old laptop, let alone an office suite, much moreso than using a 2019/2020 laptop today.
The bigger thing now I guess is the proliferation of people not even having a computer and just using their smartphone for everything. Smartphones are treated as an absolute essential, so people just suck it up and buy a new one when they can't get any more life out of the old one, rather than adapting their usage. Mandatory app updates and built-to-fail batteries and other components just seal the deal
I tend to think of it as the other way around, like using "ooh so sleek and thin" as justification for the actual reasons but its probably just self-reinforcing in both directions
Me going to my high school reunion solely to tell the jocks "You were right about everything. You were trying to help me."
Although it's something the comic touched up on a bit, I'm surprised there isn't some businesses that's all about repurposing e-waste. Just install ubuntu or something and then sell them for cheap.
There's plenty of marketplaces that sell only refurbished electronics. It's how I got my laptop.
there are some. Not enough, and probably way more outside the imperial core, but I've seen a few. I think it's getting better as time goes on and tech iteration slows down. 10 years ago it would've been something of a struggle to run modern web pages on a 5 year old laptop, let alone an office suite, much moreso than using a 2019/2020 laptop today.
The bigger thing now I guess is the proliferation of people not even having a computer and just using their smartphone for everything. Smartphones are treated as an absolute essential, so people just suck it up and buy a new one when they can't get any more life out of the old one, rather than adapting their usage. Mandatory app updates and built-to-fail batteries and other components just seal the deal
Yep, and the thinness of phones makes all this worse too
yeahhh
I tend to think of it as the other way around, like using "ooh so sleek and thin" as justification for the actual reasons but its probably just self-reinforcing in both directions
marketing
sales
The closest thing is recycling the gold from circuitboards.