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Re:Hosting a website on a disposable vape by uyzstvqs on Monday September 15, 2025 @01:29PM (#45252514)
I am not disagreeing with you. I agree that these disposable vapes should be made illegal. What I meant is that "disposing" is a broad term and is not always bad. Many good products eventually become naturally obsolescent, at which point it's often best to responsibly dispose of them.

The actual problem here is how the product is intentionally designed to only be used once, when that's absolutely unnecessary. We both agree on that. That falls within the issue of planned obsolescence, and that's what regulation needs to target.

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Re:Hosting a website on a disposable vape by palata on Monday September 15, 2025 @01:37PM (#45252606)
Right, got it.

Though I don't believe that when someone talks about a "disposable" product, they mean that "this is a product that you will dispose of before you die". Usually "disposable" means that it's meant to have a short lifetime.

A laptop or a smartphone are not "disposable" in that sense, even though we don't keep them for our lifetime.

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