Jan Penfrat on Nostr: It is so wild that we allow a company to possess such gigantic amounts of cash that ...

It is so wild that we allow a company to possess such gigantic amounts of cash that they can design its products in a way that, when production is discontinued, they'll brick all sold units and are obliged to fully refund every single customer AND pay them a compensation of 300 USD each, and the company is like 🤷‍♂️

https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/3/24190410/amazon-astro-business-robot-discontinued-refunds

#Amazon #Astro #obsolescence #bigtech #ewaste #capitalism