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Device hoarding is costing the economy. (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by [M] to c/latestagecapitalism@lemmy.world
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[–] 63 points 9 months ago (7 children)

Nah, the 12 dead laptops undef my bed I use for hardware salvage and experiments are device hoarding. The multiple disassembled game consoles in my closet is device hoarding. None of it is sorted, the retro stuff isn't sorted, the new stuff isn't sorted.

I'm device hoarding. The average consumer is absolutely not.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Godspeed, you future museum contributor!

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago* (3 children)

    The hope is to eventually open a repair cafe/lounge with the carcasses disassembled dead retro units as display pieces

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago

    The MSP I briefly worked at kept a bunch of notable obsolete computers in the main entry way as a kind of "museum" but they didn't really have the vision to make it look like actual displays, so it kinda almost looks like it's warm storage for hardware that could be pressed into service any day now

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