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Enough of the billionaires and their big tech. ‘Frugal tech’ will build us all a better world
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2025
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Love how it highlights that big tech (much to capitalism's fault, TBH) can only drive innovation if the tech has a moat around it, if no one else can, or would, copy it and deploy it at a lower cost.
Which is... the argument that people use to defend capitalism? That capitalism drives innovation and makes it accessible to everyone at the lowest possible price.
I like the frugal tech idea as much as I like degrowth.
“Capitalism creates innovation!”
The innovation: