This works for clothes, kitchenware etc. but it’s not the same for tech products. The vast majority of people just want to buy something new that will work for a couple of years. Even cars are less trouble to buy older models and second-hand.
This is obviously not an unfixable problem. If everything was designed to be user-repairable, upgradable and with longer support for both software and hardware we’d have less of an issue. But sadly the world runs on capitalism and people have voted with their wallets and gotten us into this mess.
Most people don’t have the time, energy and/or knowledge to make the better choice of getting old and used tech.
do your part, buy old used shit, it’s cheap, good for the environment, and makes you feel good :)
Or just don’t buy new things. That’s my other strategy.
Chuck Linux on it
This works for clothes, kitchenware etc. but it’s not the same for tech products. The vast majority of people just want to buy something new that will work for a couple of years. Even cars are less trouble to buy older models and second-hand. This is obviously not an unfixable problem. If everything was designed to be user-repairable, upgradable and with longer support for both software and hardware we’d have less of an issue. But sadly the world runs on capitalism and people have voted with their wallets and gotten us into this mess.
Most people don’t have the time, energy and/or knowledge to make the better choice of getting old and used tech.