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Any proof for that?

1) Because there was just a single "capitol incident", and several BLM riots.

2) So you seriously believe all violence at BLM riots was solely because of false flag white supremacists? Really?

3) Bullshit. Riots are not "democratic process" either - it's people rejecting the established laws (like property rights) and proceeding to do their own thing. I mean they installed an "autonomous zone", how is that not an attack on democracy?

"It's offensive" is not actually an argument. There never was a societal consensus that nobody should be allowed to say things that somebody could consider offensive. That's just what some people want, as a means to control other people.

What would "they" do if they were enemies of Robin Hood? Short Robin Hood stock? Or send contract killers?

"The common person always loses when bubbles burst."

That is a tautology, because you define the "common person" as the person who loses.

I'm sure there were people who made good money in the 2008 housing bubble. Didn't they all live like kings for a while, because they could borrow arbitrary sums against their houses?

Similarly, some people may make good money on that GameStop thing now.

The "common people" who didn't participate in this will probably never even notice. At most they'll notice that their favorite shopping mall is closing, but that is part of a larger trend. And they can now shop on Amazon instead, so their quality of life probably remains the same or gets improved.

It reads like a rationalization for being mediocre to me, to be honest. The definition of genius by "impact on society" is obviously wrong. And it's easy to selectively quote people who have something bad to say about a person to make them seem like awful people. Also doesn't seem rigorous: are ALL geniuses awful persons? That seems very unlikely. Especially as there may be geniuses in the field of being "good people".

These modern systems are just extremely complex, created by the combined energy of many, many people. But nature around us is still even more complex, and there are many mechanisms in nature we don't understand (like the human brain). Therefore I don't understand why you consider the technical systems to be especially "hellish".

Even if you Mac is somehow "locked", you can still take an electron microscope to its mainboard and try to understand the circuits and so on. (In theory - in practice, I've just read a modern Ryzen chip consists of billions of transistors, so good luck trying to reverse engineer it).

I think China introduced a law recently, limiting usage to a certain amount time.

Your notebook with replaceable battery is fatter and heavier than the notebook without the replacable battery, and uses more resources, too (additional shell for the battery, cables, connectors...). Also more expensive to built, as it is more complicated (again, connectors, casing... that need to be assembled). Same for your phone.

I have nothing against people buying such things, if that property is important to them. Just don't force it on everybody.

It doesn't mean devices live longer. Only a fraction of them break, and especially with electronics never versions are strictly better than older versions. Most people buy newer iPhone because their old ones have become too slow, not because they are broken.

And I think you are wrong about the economics of repairing vs recycling.

In both cases, it also depends on the market demand.

If people want to repair their stuff so much, why don't any companies come forward with repairable products? Some do (Fairphone, I guess), but it doesn't seem to be a huge success.

In any case, anybody who really wanted to could see to buying only repairable things. What is the point in offering people who don't want to to do the same?

I think people just want the same iPhone they have now, with additional "repairale" property. That is not going to happen. The repairable iPhone will be thicker and less elegant than the non-repairable iPhone (compare iPhone to Fiarphone). And suddenly people are not buying it anymore.

"the hell-hole shit-crap reality"

Yeah, those iPhones and MacBooks are such shit, really. What a hellish world to live in.

Basic household stuff doesn't break every year. And not everybody is qualified to repair that stuff (which happens to be plugged into power outlets).

I personally didn't dare to try to repair my washing machine or dishwashers (beyond cleaning clogged pipes), although I know people who do.

People just can't get their heads wrapped around the efficiency of industrialization.

Repairing stuff is an expert dedicating 30 minutes or more (often more) to your gadget. (sometimes that expert might be you yourself - it still remains true).

In the same time, factory drones can produce hundreds of the same gadget.

Naturally, the time of the expert is much more expensive than simply buying a new gadget.

This "right to repair" is romanticized nonsense, like the idea of everybody growing their own food.

Not that I don't like the idea of being able to repair my own things. I even think one should try occasionally, just so that one doesn't become totally stupid.

But to claim it is somehow a common good and betterment of society is nonsense. The opposite is true. Devices will now become more expensive for everybody, because companies have to jump through hoops to make them repairable, even though hardly anybody will actually repair them.

If you want to tinker, or grow your own food, get a Raspberry Pi or a little tomato plant for your balcony

Also, if you are worried about the environment, perhaps recycling laws make more sense, or more specifically, producers being responsible for the proper disposal of their devices. Would have to consider the upsides and downsides, though.

I had been a Firefox user (or Mozilla) since the Netscape days. I have now purged it from my devices since they became pro deplatforming and amplification of fake news. They have betrayed the values (I thought) they stood for.

Because presumably Chrome sends data about your browsing habits to Google, and Chromium does not.

Did anybody even ask for fact checking notes by Twitter? I don't think so.

Whatever the Twitter fact checking note says, you should still not take any information from the internet at facee value.