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    • Lazycog@lemmy.one
      9·
      1 year ago

      It infuriating that companies talk about sustainability to boost their branding while designing their products with planned obsolescence.

      • swnt@feddit.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        I was sad to learn, that companies will to whatever makes them money within the confines of how strongly they’re being watched.

        Companies only care about sustainability, as soon as the customers care about it. However, if the customers only care about superficial sustainability, then that’s what they’ll get…

        • Lazycog@lemmy.one
          1·
          1 year ago

          So true… Doesn’t help that there are not many alternatives to products always. Sometimes there are though, and those give me hope.