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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/13401615

Something that should be considered when buying your micromobility device: Try to get something that will last and not end up as trash.

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[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Suits aren't evil. I mean I'm they aren't good either, but all they care about is money. They push for closed because that is where the money is, but they have no resolve on anything. Law makers either try and follow experts or money.

To the extent either believe anything, they believe the IP lie and thus don't see the tragedy of the commons they advocate.

Open however has passion, and is technically correct. (The best kind of correct.)

Little by little, we'll keep winning out. Right to repair is an important front, but so is digital rights, privacy and competition.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

caring about money above all sounds pretty evil to me.

and the result in this case is the OP article... at the end they make more money from wasting materials, and wont allow this to be fixed if they have the power to do so.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

They don't care about being bad or good. They just care about money. Change what makes money and they change. There is no resolve. Along with changes happening I listed before, one big thing we need do is bring environmental cost on to the balancesheet. At the moment it's all external costs. Move the costs of items disposal on to the up front cost. Scale it by item's life time. Incentivize better behavior.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

money for money sake leads to evil, even if money itself is not.

people after it above all else are evil.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

The point is that they are malleable.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 1 points 9 months ago

only if it makes them more money.

if climate disaster is not enough to make them stop i doubt they ever will.

[-] jabjoe@feddit.uk 1 points 9 months ago

Ah, but that lost money in the future, not making money now. They don't really do long term. It's money for share holders now.

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