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They Literally Don't Make Things Like They Used To – SOME MORE NEWS (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Hi. In today's episode, we look at Planned Obsolescence, the resulting mountains of e-waste, and why companies don't want you to be able to fix their crummy products.

If you expect Cody to be nice to Apple, you will be very disappointed.

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[–] Armen12@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah and I wonder how much gets recycled. E-waste is a massive issue that's been around now for decades

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I wonder how much gets recycled

To put it simply.

It doesn't.

It is still cheaper to dig new shit out of the ground (due to all the environmental costs being ignored) than it is to breakdown the many metals etc within a phone for reuse.