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It Could Happen Here Weekly 10

Behind the Bastards

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How to Stop Planned Obsolecy

The e u. Is promising to make a law to mandate usb c for charging new phones in an attempt to reduce waste. But if someone's really concerned with waste among the smart phone industry, planned obsolescence is the thing to go after. As electronic devices become common in more sectors of daily life, vi the internet of things, the overall share of global energy use that goes to making new versions of old products that could still be working, but are designed to break has been depressing.

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