@Takiro @arstechnica so unlike the old OfficeJet J4xxx - Series it doesn't even make annoying shit that requires one to smash the ok & cancel button at startup?

This kind of #ReducedLifecycle and #AntiConsumer bs should be banned by @EU_Commission and be criminalized across the globe!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHX6tHdQGiQ

More reasons to buy from #GOG instead of #Steam. https://inv.tux.pizza/watch?v=64mA97ZPt1Y

#software #games #pcgamer #DRM #ownership #antiuser #anticonsumer

@timnitGebru "lack of data, AI and overall #TechLiteracy"

The latter is pretty much the cause of everywhere we are regarding society and #technology right now, from the popularity of #AntiConsumer mobile devices, to the spread of #misinformation, to the continued insistence among many to use fascist corporate #SocialMedia like #birdsite.

#AI didn't start this and AI didn't make this happen.

At the end of the day, though, AI isn't good enough to do what its detractors insist it will.

You don't get to a $2.5 TRILLION market value by making it easy for folks to repair your products...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIFQC8iA65k

#tech #technology #righttorepair #apple #anticonsumer #repair #computers #laptop #macbook #geek

There's a simple fix for this problem of perfectly good #Apple products being junked because they're locked, don't buy Apple products. #righttorepair #anticonsumer #mac #iphone

https://media.mstdn.social/media_attachments/files/109/757/850/416/205/551/original/193c7b82674e5714.mp4

Practical design. There’s a lot to observe in this picture, firstly where the chrome has worn through you can see brass or copper below. ✔️Secondly this holder has been serving here for much longer than the 15 years we’ve been holidaying here. Hopefully it won’t end up in a bin replaced by plastic crap. #design #practicaldesign #anticonsumer

Remember when Apple built a profitable ecosystem from licencing the use of this simple connector.

Commercially clever, but totally anti-consumer.

There's a lesson here.

#proprietary #lockin #anticonsumer