Charles Randall on Nostr: I had always assumed that most of the things I learned in this article were true, but ...

I had always assumed that most of the things I learned in this article were true, but I always felt like a conspiracy theorist saying them. And yet, here it all is, plain as day.

-old corporate gear being destroyed for "data security" instead of reused
-companies destroying old stock to prevent it being sold a discount
-companies caught pushing planned obsolescence with software
-ewaste containing 7% of the world's gold reserves

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/03/i-spot-brand-new-tvs-here-to-be-shredded-the-truth-about-our-electronic-waste