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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by malermeister on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:37AM (#32605127)
And they can go fuck off if they don't.

We're in a crisis and they want to waste energy we might need for heating households to manipulate people into buying shit they don't need?

That's not exactly a position that'll get them a lot of sympathy.

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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by lm28469 on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:42AM (#32605170)
> to manipulate people into buying shit they don't need?

This is encouraged by our system, switching off screens at night won't change it. Attack the root cause not the very last symptom

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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by freilanzer on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:53AM (#32605263)
Why not both? Energy can be saved here that is needlessly wasted.
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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by lm28469 on Friday August 26, 2022 @08:32AM (#32606543)
It barely delays the inevitable, it's less than a drop in the bucket, everything you gain there will be instantly counteracted 10 fold somewhere else because we don't want to face reality.

But sure, let's stop using plastic straws and switch off our routers at night while we continue absolutely ravaging this planet

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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by freilanzer on Friday August 26, 2022 @08:44AM (#32606676)
This is part of "ravaging our planet". And if it will be counteracted then everything is useless anyway.
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Re:German digital signage ban prompts confusion by malermeister on Friday August 26, 2022 @05:46AM (#32605212)
Attack it on all fronts.
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