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Re:Bill Gates: You’ll never solve climate change by asking p... by t0bia_s on Friday September 30, 2022 @03:23AM (#33031966)
It is pure consumerism. You can add smartphones, clothes... Many things that we don't actually need to buy every year but yet, companies produce more and more for higher profit.

Blaming billionaires and corporations from brand new iPhone on networks made by big-tech sounds ironical indeed.

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Re:Bill Gates: You’ll never solve climate change by asking p... by prng2021 on Friday September 30, 2022 @07:58AM (#33033703)
Consumerism requires consumers. Companies stop or slow down producing things that consumers won't buy. Here are examples specific to phones and big tech:

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/apple-reportedly-wont-b...

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2022/09/29/google-to-shut-gaming-se...

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