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@TonyStark Sounds like a major boost for the #plannedobsolescence ringleaders
“buying a new one is cheaper than repairing what you’ve got”
Just wow... I've been lamenting for years that #GoogleMaps is the prime mechanism for #plannedObsolescence on #android. Every time they overbloat the app to the point where my phone can no longer usefully display it, I need a new phone.
But now they seem to be bloating it to the point where my 4 core/8 thread ryzen laptop cannot open it anymore without grinding to a halt?! Wtf?
I'm convinced that the real innovation and the creativity necessary to survive the impending catastrophe will never come from places like Silicon Valley. It doesn't shine and it doesn't have world design conferences. It will come instead from the alleys of marketplaces, mostly (but not only) in the Global South.
India's repair and engineering culture, and Frankestein laptops
via @theverge
https://www.theverge.com/tech/639126/india-frankenstein-laptops
One wonders if EMAS* ever audited their own use of Microsoft software and consequentially Microsoft's significant deleterious impact on society by monopoly, planned obsolescence, massive tax evasion, et cetera.
Moral of the story: use Linux, LibreOffice, etc.
* Eco-Management and Audit Scheme; "Evaluate, report, and improve the environmental performance of your organisation"
#Degrowth can work — here’s how science can help
Wealthy countries can create prosperity while using less materials and energy if they abandon #EconomicGrowth as an objective.
By Jason Hickel, Giorgos Kallis, Tim Jackson, Daniel W. O’Neill, Juliet B. Schor, Julia K. Steinberger, Peter A. Victor & Diana Ürge-Vorsatz, 12 December 2022
Excerpt: "The global economy is structured around growth — the idea that firms, industries and nations must increase production every year, regardless of whether it is needed. This dynamic is driving climate change and ecological breakdown. High-income economies, and the corporations and wealthy classes that dominate them, are mainly responsible for this problem and consume energy and materials at unsustainable rates.
"Yet many industrialized countries are now struggling to grow their economies, given economic convulsions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, resource scarcities and stagnating productivity improvements. Governments face a difficult situation. Their attempts to stimulate growth clash with objectives to improve human well-being and reduce environmental damage.
"GDP is getting a makeover — what it means for economies, health and the planet
"Researchers in ecological economics call for a different approach — degrowth. Wealthy economies should abandon growth of gross domestic product (#GDP) as a goal, scale down destructive and unnecessary forms of #production to reduce energy and material use, and focus economic activity around securing human needs and well-being. This approach, which has gained traction in recent years, can enable rapid #decarbonization and stop ecological breakdown while improving social outcomes. It frees up energy and materials for low- and middle-income countries in which growth might still be needed for development. Degrowth is a purposeful strategy to stabilize economies and achieve social and ecological goals, unlike recession, which is chaotic and socially destabilizing and occurs when growth-dependent economies fail to grow.
"Reports this year by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (#IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on #Biodiversity and #Ecosystem Services (#IPBES) suggest that degrowth policies should be considered in the fight against #ClimateBreakdown and #biodiversity loss, respectively. Policies to support such a strategy include the following.
"Reduce less-necessary production. This means scaling down destructive sectors such as #FossilFuels, mass-produced meat and dairy, #FastFashion, #advertising, #cars and aviation, including #PrivateJets. At the same time, there is a need to end the #PlannedObsolescence of products, lengthen their lifespans and reduce the purchasing power of the #rich.
"Improve #PublicServices. It is necessary to ensure universal access to high-quality #HealthCare, #Education, #Housing, transportation, Internet, #RenewableEnergy and nutritious food. #UniversalPublicServices can deliver strong social outcomes without high levels of resource use.
"Introduce a green jobs guarantee. This would train and mobilize labour around urgent social and ecological objectives, such as installing renewables, insulating buildings, regenerating #ecosystems and improving social care. A programme of this type would end unemployment and ensure a just transition out of jobs for workers in declining industries or 'sunset sectors', such as those contingent on fossil fuels. It could be paired with a #UniversalIncome policy.
"Reduce working time. This could be achieved by lowering the retirement age, encouraging part-time working or adopting a four-day working week [and hybrid or remote work]. These measures would lower #CarbonEmissions and free people to engage in care and other welfare-improving activities. They would also stabilize employment as less-necessary production declines.
"Enable #sustainable development. This requires cancelling unfair and unpayable debts of low- and middle-income countries, curbing unequal exchange in international trade and creating conditions for productive capacity to be reoriented towards achieving social objectives.
"Some countries, regions and cities have already introduced elements of these policies. Many European nations guarantee free health care and education; Vienna and Singapore are renowned for high-quality public housing; and nearly 100 cities worldwide offer free public transport. Job guarantee schemes have been used by many nations in the past, and experiments with basic incomes and shorter working hours are under way in Finland, Sweden and New Zealand.
"But implementing a more comprehensive strategy of degrowth — in a safe and just way — faces five key research challenges, as we outline here."
Read more:
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-04412-x
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/AtJ87
#FourDayWorkweek #RemoteWork #HybridWork #CircularEconomy #CapitalismKills #RightToRepair #ProtectMotherEarth #CorporateColonialism #BuyLess #BuyNothing #LibraryOfThings #SolarPunkSunday
How to Turn an “#EconomicBlackout” Into an All-Out War on #CorporatePower
Friday’s economic boycott is a one-day attack on corporate interests. The #degrowth movement calls for a broader societal shift.
Jonah Valdez, February 28 2025
Excerpt: "Rooted in the work of American and European political theorists of the 1970s, the 'degrowth' movement criticizes a #capitalist system that seeks unending growth and profit, which has led to #ecological and #environmental ruin such as the impacts of #ClimateChange.
"Instead, it advocates for a system that prioritizes the needs of the #planet and its people, such as #housing, #education, and #healthcare. According to Jason Hickel, a leading advocate of degrowth and author of 'Less is More: How Degrowth Will Save the World,' the movement calls for reducing consumption and production of things that harm the planet such #FossilFuels, #SUVs, #PrivateJets, #mansions, #FastFashion, #IndustrialBeef, #CruiseShips, and the #MilitaryIndustrialComplex.
"While the term may be unfamiliar to many Americans, its core ideas have cropped up in the Green New Deal’s goals of a post-fossil fuel economy; the pandemic-era phenomenon of white-collar workers voluntarily quitting their jobs and working less; and the recent social media trend of '#NoBuy,' which encouraged people to purchase less and #repurpose more.
"'People are getting a sense that they’re ripped off, that they’re being taken advantage of and exploited as consumers,' said Aaron Vansintjan, co-author of 'The Future Is Degrowth: A Guide to a World Beyond Capitalism.' 'It is promising that people are responding to the current moment by showing their distrust of these corporations.'
"The boycott has drawn wide–ranging media coverage, along with the attention of some celebrities. It also caught the attention of #LindaSarsour, a progressive activist best known for organizing the 2017 #WomensMarch after #Trump’s first election.
"'It is an easy risk-free way to invite masses of people to act in reaction to the outrageousness of this Administration,' Sarsour told The Intercept in an email."
https://theintercept.com/2025/02/28/no-buy-nothing-corporation-boycott-capitalism-degrowth/
#CorporateColonialism #Corporatocracy #RepairCafes #LibraryOfThings #ReuseRepairRecycle #CircularEconomy #CapitalismKills #EnvironmentalDamage #USPol #WorldPol #CapitalismMustDie #PlannedObsolescence #ProtectMotherEarth
"The burden of disposability is shifted away from the producer and onto the consumer through taxes and costs to governments in cleaning up the damage that this creates."
System Failures: #PlannedObsolescence and Enforced #Disposability
rufus.ie
installieren. Windows 11 ISO herunterladen, und ein paar Kästchen klicken
Aber sehr nice, dass ihr damit auch ein normales Update ermöglicht! Ich finde ne saubere Neuinstallation ab und zu ganz nice, ist halt immer noch kein #AtomicDesktop :D
Which #laptops and #smartphones are easiest to repair? See the rankings.
Have an Asus or an Apple computer? Or maybe a Samsung phone? Check out where your device lands in terms of #repairability.
By Matt Binder on February 21, 2025
"Do you have a computer or smartphone that's easy to repair? Or, when your laptop or phone needs service, will you be forced to buy a whole new device?
"A new report from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund takes a look at just how repairable laptops and smartphones are from some of the biggest computer companies in the world and graded them with a repairability score."
Read more:
https://mashable.com/article/laptop-smartphone-repairability-rankings
#RightToRepair #SolarPunkSunday #Technology #PlannedObsolescence
Me too, and running a BSD. No issues with speed either :) Looking forward to all the newer laptops hitting the used market due to Windows 11.
Me swinging a backpack carrying my 12 yo thinkpad against an invading army.
https://www.xda-developers.com/microsoft-tells-windows-10-users-trade-in-pc/
The US #RightToRepair movement is growing as wins stack up
Story by Iris Kim, March 9, 2025
"Peter Mui, founder of #Fixit Clinic, describes his repair work as a hobby that’s gotten out of control. What started as a tool share in Berkeley, California, has turned into a volunteer-run group that has organized more than 1,300 repair events around the country. At Fixit Clinics, people can bring any broken household item — from worn socks to broken toasters — and learn how to make them functional again.
"'During the last few years, interest in repair has exploded,' Mui said.
"He attributes this cultural shift to a growing awareness about the #environmental impact of #EWaste, as well as a raft of 'right-to-repair' laws passing across the U.S. Historically, manufacturers of computers, cars and tractors have cited copyright law to claim exclusive repair rights, allowing them to sue independent repair companies while preventing consumers from finding lower-cost alternatives.
"But in six states — California, Colorado, Minnesota, Maine, New York and Oregon — #RightToRepair laws have been passed to protect consumers’ ability to repair or modify their products instead of having to go through the manufacturer. Oregon’s law is the most recent, passing in 2024 and going into effect in January.
"As of March, right-to-repair bills had been introduced in all 50 states, and 20 state legislatures are currently debating such bills.
"The laws take different forms. Some narrowly target automobile manufacturers while others are broad enough to cover all consumer electronics. Though bipartisan federal legislation for automobile repair stalled last year, it was reintroduced last month."
Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/the-right-to-repair-movement-is-growing-as-wins-stack-up/ar-AA1Ay4hH
#PlannedObsolescence #SolarPunkSunday #RepairCafes #ReuseRepairRecycle
#MacOS 12.7.6 (Monterey) can run the latest versions of #Firefox (v.136) and #Chrome (v.135) but not #Safari, which is stuck on v.17.6 (from July 2024) and no longer updated.
Makes a mockery of Apple's #sustainability claims given that this #MacBook Pro 13" from early 2015 runs very smoothly otherwise.
#NewZealand: #RightToRepair Amendment Bill a critical 'first step' for consumers
20 February 2025
"New Zealand has been 'lagging behind' the rest of the world in offering repairs for products, an advocate says.
"Kiwis are now a step closer to the guaranteed right to repair the products they own with the Consumer Guarantees (Right to Repair) Amendment Bill passing its first reading in Parliament on Wednesday.
"If successful, the legislation would compel manufacturers to ensure repair facilities and spare parts for their products are made available in New Zealand.
"#GreenParty co-leader #MaramaDavidson who has sponsored the bill said it combined climate action with cost of living relief.
"'The Right to Repair is about empowering consumers to repair what they own, protecting them from recurring costs and in turn preventing more and more waste going to #landfill and polluting our #environment.'
"She believed it would favour consumers over big corporates 'who build #obsolescence into their products so people have to keep coming back to replace their things and spend more of their money'.
"It would benefit households as well as businesses including farmers who would be able to fix the appliances and the tools they needed to do their jobs.
"Auckland University Professor and member of the Right to Repair Coalition Alex Simms calls it a 'first step'.
"It was a worldwide movement and New Zealand was "lagging behind', she told Morning Report.
"Simms said one drawback of the existing bill was that the Commerce Commission would not have the power to compel manufacturers to comply because it is an amendment to the Consumer Guarantees Act.
"One suggestion that arose during the debate in Parliament was that it should become part of the #FairTradingAct so that #ComCom would have enforcement powers.
"Also, currently if a consumer takes an item such as a phone to an unauthorised repairer a warranty becomes void - that would no longer apply if the bill became law, Professor Simms said.
"'That will really help people get stuff fixed a lot cheaper."
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/542440/right-to-repair-amendment-bill-a-critical-first-step-for-consumers-advocate
#PlannedObsolescence #SolarPunkSunday #Repair #Reuse
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@colin I miss my flip phone. The only reason I got a smartphone is my flip phone wasn't supported anymore (gotta love #PlannedObsolescence ). I might look into getting another flip phone now that there are ones out there being supported. I also have a digital camera that I use rather than the phone (the camera has a nice zoom lens). But I don't always lug my camera everywhere, so the smartphone is good for that (but even my flip phone had a camera).