@mur2501 Nice article, good captions so I could follow along fine. I liked how they used old phones and tablets to show their faces in. :)
And I definitely recognize those issues. Our recycling center in town has various categories, one of them is electronics waste, I've dumped old electronics in there before. I certainly hope they got recycled!
I also happen to know a buddy who works in a recycling company. Mostly large appliances like microwaves and washers. But also small stuff like an ancient pocketbook. That was pretty cool when he sent me a picture of one he found.
I'm also annoyed that devices back then were easier to repair than now. They've nearly made it impossible now, I noticed that too. If I need to replace a battery now? Tough luck. Back then it was easier. This way you're easily forced to replace your device every 1-2 years, which is kinda ridiculous.
Companies have a responsibility too. Some phone companies are like 'Hey, if you join our subscription model, you can choose a new phone every 2 years!', even if the old device was still perfectly fine. I know people who gladly made use of that every time, even though they were still happy with their old phones. I'm like.. "why?" and they're like.. "because they enabled me to!"
Hopefully that mentality's changed now, since this was like 10 years ago. But even back then I was shaking my head at that ridiculous frivolity with tech.
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@mur2501 Nice article, good captions so I could follow along fine. I liked how they used old phones and tablets to show their faces in. :)
And I definitely recognize those issues. Our recycling center in town has various categories, one of them is electronics waste, I've dumped old electronics in there before. I certainly hope they got recycled!
I also happen to know a buddy who works in a recycling company. Mostly large appliances like microwaves and washers. But also small stuff like an ancient pocketbook. That was pretty cool when he sent me a picture of one he found.
I'm also annoyed that devices back then were easier to repair than now. They've nearly made it impossible now, I noticed that too. If I need to replace a battery now? Tough luck. Back then it was easier. This way you're easily forced to replace your device every 1-2 years, which is kinda ridiculous.
Companies have a responsibility too. Some phone companies are like 'Hey, if you join our subscription model, you can choose a new phone every 2 years!', even if the old device was still perfectly fine. I know people who gladly made use of that every time, even though they were still happy with their old phones. I'm like.. "why?" and they're like.. "because they enabled me to!"
Hopefully that mentality's changed now, since this was like 10 years ago. But even back then I was shaking my head at that ridiculous frivolity with tech.