5 points | by blnlx 5 hours ago
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Smartphone designs change slightly year to year, rendering accessories like cases unusable.
Unlike clothing or furniture, most of these accessories have no secondary life.
Small design changes can have outsized material consequences.
I look at this pattern of lifecycle shortening more broadly here:
https://borisljevar.substack.com/p/the-climate-crisis-illusi...
The HN link takes you to an article titled: "The Climate Crisis: Illusion of Action in the Age of Green Capitalism"
Charitably, this is a cut-n-paste mistake.
Smartphone designs change slightly year to year, rendering accessories like cases unusable.
Unlike clothing or furniture, most of these accessories have no secondary life.
Small design changes can have outsized material consequences.
I look at this pattern of lifecycle shortening more broadly here:
https://borisljevar.substack.com/p/the-climate-crisis-illusi...
The HN link takes you to an article titled: "The Climate Crisis: Illusion of Action in the Age of Green Capitalism"
Charitably, this is a cut-n-paste mistake.