Forced Obsolescence / Obsolescence by Design

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Chatter about forced obsolescence, including but not limited to:

salvaging or repurposing abandoned / unsupported hardware
name and shame culprits of obsolescence
right to repair guidance and advocacy in situations involving obsolescence
obtaining old software to drive old hardware, finding archives, building old binaries from source

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somewhat related to forced obsolescence:

!buyitforlife@slrpnk.net - Buy stuff that lasts a long time, if you must buy something
!buyitforlife@discuss.tchncs.de - Buy stuff that lasts a long time, if you must buy something
!fixing@slrpnk.net - fix it, don’t replace it
!fixit@disflux.org
!righttorepair@midwest.social - exercise your right to fix stuff
!right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de - exercise your right to fix stuff
!righttorepair@lemmy.fmhy.ml
!sustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.org - sustainable technology
!permacomputing@lemmy.sdf.org - To discuss computing that’s not resource intensive
!permacomputing@slrpnk.net - To discuss computing that’s not resource intensive
!zerowaste@slrpnk.net - To discuss waste avoidance

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Video gamer calls out electronics company after realizing major design flaw: 'Own up to your mistake' (www.thecooldown.com)

submitted 1 year ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/forced_obsolescence@slrpnk.net

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[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

OK, that looks like it comes out about even with piecing it together yourself, assuming they aren't cheaping way out on some of the unbranded components.