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It's not a "sustainability tax", it's "acknowledging people are not slaves nor are resources infinite"

• willcipriano 3y ago
  "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent” It may not make sense to repair for many consumers. In a few years we might have better codecs or similar and you'll want to upgrade your crusty headphones anyway.
  • rstat1 3y ago
    >>In a few years we might have better codecs This sounds like something could be done with a firmware update.
    • ealhad 3y ago
      Or the speakers themselves, eventually
    • lozenge 3y ago
      Nope, for latency and battery reasons this would be done by a specific chip, e.g. https://www.icstation.com/audio-module-bluetooth-compatible-receiver-universal-audio-module-p-12506.html https://www.icstation.com/audio-module-bluetooth-compatible-... / https://www.tinyosshop.com/ts8670 https://www.tinyosshop.com/ts8670 The same's true on the smartphone transmitter side.
      • rstat1 3y ago
        That 2nd link you shared, has 3 links under "Documentation" to firmware downloads.
  • roughly 3y ago
    > "Markets can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent” I notice every time the cost of a properly sustainable product comes up, the conversation always turns to what a short-sighted bastard everyone else is, and I can only assume the people who make that argument are already making moral choices themselves, which is honestly just heartwarming to see.