Using AI to produce software faster only helps capitalists companies extract more value out of their workers in a shorter time. This actually reduces worker worth, as their salary isn’t increased to match their increased output, the company takes more from them.

Outside of a work context there is zero incentive to use AI, as you can take all the time to learn and craft quality code.

It’s stuck on iOS 16. Once iOS 26 releases, companies will quickly pivot to iOS 17 as the minimum supported version and slowly you will find important apps no longer work on the phone.

The problem is that when we rely on capitalist companies to produce the software we rely on, they will reduce cost as much as possible. This leads to them not wanting to pay for separate teams to develop native desktop applications on Windows, macOS or Linux.

While I hate Electron apps as well, they are how Linux became much more able to run these proprietary apps society depends on. We know the capitalist companies wound’t invest in native Linux software, as the user base is too small.

But he’s also promised to cut billions from Germany’s welfare bill and has warned voters that what he portrays as their comfortable lifestyles are going to have to change in order to meet the challenges ahead. “With a four-day week and work-life balance, we will not be able to maintain the prosperity of this country,” he said at a party meeting in May.

Translation: continue to fuck the working class while Merz and the rich take more for themselves.

It’s also colonialism.

Yes you are correct in that real socialism was never implemented.

Socialism is when workers control the means of production and the surplus generated from their work.

When the government controls these things, like with communism, it’s state capitalism.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_capitalism

I have been using one for 9 months now, haven’t had any issues.

A normal toothbrush doesn’t provide nearly the same level of cleaning.

Disposable batteries aren’t sustainable either.

Comparing Suri to Phillips, you can at least have the battery changed, rather than throwing away the whole thing like with the Phillips.

I agree it would be better if the Suri battery was user changeable, they claim there is water proofing that makes it hard to repair yourself.

Looks like iFixit came out with the critique a few months back: https://www.ifixit.com/News/109270/you-cant-even-replace-the-battery-in-the-green-suri-toothbrush

Suri is a UK company making sustainable electric toothbrushes. They are also a B Certified Corporation.

https://www.trysuri.com/

I think to truly break out of US controlled operating systems is to be able to run the proprietary apps/programs, that people depend on, on an open source operating systems they don’t control.

While ideally people shouldn’t be dependent on this proprietary software, due to unchecked monopoly behavior, consumers don’t have many choices, especially in mobile.

There has been success with Valve and the Steam Deck. While they are still a US company, they have hugely pushed forward running Windows games on Linux to the point where you don’t need to use Windows unless you want to play games that require anti-cheat.

If an app that is being used to coordinate a rebellion takes off the US government can order Apple to disable its use. I hope the degoogling Android trend takes off further.

Apple already did this in Hong Kong to appease China. They took down apps that were used by protesters to coordinate, they even modified AirDrop so it couldn’t be easily used for ad hoc communication.

https://9to5mac.com/2025/03/17/apple-globally-censoring-this-iphone-communication-feature-deserves-renewed-scrutiny/

Don’t worry, Recall will record everything done on the Windows machine.

Are you moving to Europe or trying to find a job in Europe while living in the US?

I think moving to Europe is really the only option unless the EU company has a US entity.

Sounds like a fucking nightmare, but a wet dream to Big Tech.

Capitalism is causing massive wealth inequality.

I would expect a repair score to be about how easy it is to repair, can the battery be easily changed, is it glued down, etc.

Why is the energy usage so big and the repairability score so small?

These should be switched. Energy usage of the smartphone is less relevant, as it is a mobile device, so it is already designed to be energy efficient.

Android phones have objectively more spyware than Apple phones.

Planned Obsolescence is a problem across all consumer electronics that depend on the software being updated. It’s not limited to Big Tech.

The only way I see to solve it is to force vendors to release hardware specs and unlock bootloaders so you can install your own software on it.

An even better solution would be to force vendors to release their software when the hardware is end of life via their planned obsolescence.

It’s great to see small advances in right to repair for hardware, such as replacing the battery or access to new parts, but those don’t help when you are stuck on an outdated OS version.