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2026-04-09 17:31 UTC

2/ We tend to ignore how much wasteful energy usage is tied up in an economy that relies on planned obsolescence. Imagine a world where Apple made devices that lasted 10 years instead of 18 months. How much fossil fuel would NOT be purchased? Keeping consumers tied to a product longevity cycle that is deliberately shortened is lining the pockets of oil oligarchs & petrostate despots. The same folks frying the planet & funding fascist movements.

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@Npars01@mstdn.social 2026-04-09 17:36

3/ The #enshittification economy depends on oil that prods consumers to buy new, very often. What happens when the most corrupt industry on the planet decides an AI-surveillance platform & kill switches embedded in every device is what they need to keep their lock on power? This artificially amplified demand throws away perfectly adequate rare earth minerals & justifies wars to loot other nations' natural resources. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/08/world/europe/trump-lauder-ukraine-lithium.html https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-to-attract-179-million-u-s-investment-in-key-lithium-deposit/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shevchenko_deposit

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@NicelyManifest@mastodon.social 2026-04-09 19:29

@Npars01@mstdn.social Remains staggering that people keep buying new iPhone iterations when each one adds precious little new. Yet costs a fortune.

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