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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by bravetraveler on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @04:59PM (#32256894)
What have these rewards truly given us?

The open/free scientific communities are responsible for most tangible benefit - meanwhile, those reaping the biggest rewards give us... planned obsolescence

I understand the sentiment and even agree to an extent, but the reality is things are abused and wasted as well - to a shocking degree, in pursuit of 'mine'

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Re:Instagram is shifting to videos – users aren't happy by FredPret on Wednesday July 27, 2022 @05:43PM (#32257415)
False. Tangible benefits are frightfully hard to bring about. Nobody does that for free. Newton came up woth calculus, shared it for free, and transformed the world.

But all tangible benefits arising from that involved a lot of people, a lot of work, and a lot of risk. Planned obsolescence, bad as it may be, is a non-issue in the bigger picture.

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