Comments by "XSportSeeker" (@XSpImmaLion) on "Counterfeiting Microsoft Windows Restore CDs Landed Me in Prison for a Year" video.

  1. Good to note, even though Microsoft was the big corp behind this entire thing, it's far from being the only company with the exact same anti right to repair practices. They all have put out huge marketing campaigns trying to paint themselves as the good guys, their recycling, eWaste, refurbishing and repair programs never goes past the surface for marketing purposes alone. When it comes down to it, in raw numbers, their programs never attend even 1% of the eWaste problem they generate by themselves. And the reality of it is - they never will. It's not a corporation specific problem, it's a problem of reach, volume, and people needed to really change the eWaste scenario. The only way to really stop electronics from being dumped unecessarily is by having enough people working on it to attend every corner in the world where eWaste is being generated. A single corporation, no matter how big and how rich it is, will never be able to do it by themselves. That's why independent repair comes into play. The service needs to be local, the problems diagnosed on a per case basis, and repair done in a personal manner. It's just not something that can be easily put in a factory environment, or industrialized in some manner. So, what you as a consumer has to start doing in order to provoke change? For starters, people have to stop believing the dog and pony shows that these companies put out to make them look like recycling/green heroes or some other bullshit. You know what incredible Apple recycling robot advertisement that showed up sometime ago and that Apple fans always talk about when it comes to Apple environmental policies. Yes, that one is also pure bullshit. It doesn't get even on the surface of problems with Apple electronics turning into eWaste. These computing devices we have nowadays in forms of smartphones, tablets, laptops and computers can have a very long productive lives with minimal repair or refurbishment. And yet, a whole ton of them go to waste with little reason. It's even worse than bruised produce or restaurant food waste. Corporations have to change, not only in terms of internal policies, but via regulation and laws to at the very least allow people to keep these things as long as possible in the market. We cannot allow for companies that puts their sales, branding, and image above everything else. We cannot allow for corporations that irresponsibly ignore the damages they are doing on the environment in general for their own sake. Reckoning is coming, sooner or later. It's better if we force these companies to act responsibly now than everyone paying the price of their folly later on.
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