"The throw-away society is a human society strongly influenced by consumerism. The term describes a critical view of overconsumption and excessive production of short-lived or disposable items over durable goods that can be repaired."
Also maybe the general “throwaway” or disposable tech. Used to buy things that lasted 10-20 years. My parents finally upgraded the phone in their bedroom after 26 years… But my damn cell phone craps out every 2 as it gets slower and slower. Computers start slowing down the minute theyre made it seems like. And with all the other new things going on, a 5 year old computer is bordering on “old” today.
— https://gizmodo.com/here-is-everything-that-you-hate-about-technology-1708220141
Disposable society: "From an ecological standpoint our disposable society is terrible, but at least we get some tech bargains out of the deal."
— https://hackaday.com/2018/11/08/steady-hand-repurposes-cheap-ssd-modules/
Links
- https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/mar/15/can-we-fix-it-the-repair-cafes-waging-war-on-throwaway-culture
- https://www.citylab.com/life/2018/07/how-repair-cafes-can-fix-our-throwaway-culture/564923/
- http://www.zoobab.com/apacer-al670
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2mkCaNH_gY
- https://businessintegrity.wordpress.com/2015/01/11/throwaway-living/
- https://gizmodo.com/here-is-everything-that-you-hate-about-technology-1708220141