Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to minimize pollution

Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by Steltek on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:14AM (#34752422)

This perspective has a huge following on Hacker News and it's baffling. This site celebrates clever reuse of technology, creative thinking, and open source. But when Apple comes up, some people close down completely and the sharply defined cognitive dissonance looks very cult-like.

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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by marcellus23 on Saturday February 11, 2023 @09:45AM (#34752707)

HN consists of multiple people who can each have different opinions. It's not a single person that simultaneously holds anti-closed-source and pro-Apple mindsets. A small number of people here might, but I bet if you asked them to explain their position, it would make sense.

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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by anonuser123456 on Saturday February 11, 2023 @12:37PM (#34754381)

I like using what Apple builds and I don't like forcing people to operate by coercion. Apple builds and sells a product. If you don't like it... use something else.

As a customer would I personally put pressure on them? Sure. But the authoritarian coercive approach proposed by some is harmful at best.

If believing in freedom is a cult, count me in.

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Re:Junkyard computing – repurposing discarded smartphones to... by fatneckbeard on Saturday February 11, 2023 @12:49PM (#34754500)

apple has acted against principles of free speech quite often.

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