Meldroc

Go anti-woke, go broke, Apartheid Boy!

Pixel Buds are the same way. IIRC from a teardown vid, those earbuds (and I’m guessing most of their competitors’ too) are designed to be quasi-disposable in this way. They’re glued together, the only way to open them up destroys them, warranty support consists of replacing defective earbuds.

This business model does create an e-waste issue… More lithium ion batteries ending up in landfills, more gold extracted from components by kids in developing nations burning them and breathing the carcinogens…

Indeed! I think a lot of people here are getting wise to that.

Exactly. The cancer may wear a swastika or a hammer-and-sickle. Either way, it’s authoritarian cancer.

I reported the app formerly known as Twitter for hate speech.

He wants free speech only if he agrees with it.

Think of this as an IQ test. Those that pass come here, those that fail get Zuck’d, Musk’d & Spez’d.

Ah, the things we do to attempt to preserve our dignity when we think we’re getting something only entertainingly hot, but turns out to be Chicken à la Mace…

That’s what happens when you hang out at a Nazi bar…