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Forced Obsolescence / Obsolescence by Design
- Name
- forced_obsolescence
- Description
- Chatter about forced obsolescence, including but not limited to: * salvaging or repurposing abandoned / unsupported hardware * name and shame culprits of obsolescence * right to repair guidance and advocacy in situations involving obsolescence * obtaining old software to drive old hardware, finding archives, building old binaries from source **related communities** (decentralized only) *somewhat related to forced obsolescence*: * [!buyitforlife@slrpnk.net](https://slrpnk.net/c/buyitforlife) - Buy stuff that lasts a long time, if you must buy something * [!buyitforlife@discuss.tchncs.de](https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/buyitforlife) - Buy stuff that lasts a long time, if you must buy something * [!fixing@slrpnk.net](https://slrpnk.net/c/fixing) - fix it, don’t replace it * [!fixit@disflux.org](https://disflux.org/c/fixit) * [!righttorepair@midwest.social](https://midwest.social/c/righttorepair) - exercise your right to fix stuff * [!right2repair@discuss.tchncs.de](https://discuss.tchncs.de/c/right2repair) - exercise your right to fix stuff * [!righttorepair@lemmy.fmhy.ml](https://lemmy.fmhy.ml/c/righttorepair) * [!sustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.org](https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/sustainabletech) - sustainable technology * [!permacomputing@lemmy.sdf.org](https://lemmy.sdf.org/c/permacomputing) - To discuss computing that’s not resource intensive * [!permacomputing@slrpnk.net](https://slrpnk.net/c/permacomputing) - To discuss computing that’s not resource intensive * [!zerowaste@slrpnk.net](https://slrpnk.net/c/zerowaste) - To discuss waste avoidance * [!enshitification@slrpnk.net](https://slrpnk.net/c/enshitification)
- Community Url
- https://slrpnk.net/c/forced_obsolescence
- Subscribers
- 91
- Posts
- 18
- Daily Active Users
- 8
- Weekly Active Users
- 8
- Monthly Active Users
- 8
- 6 Month Active Users
- 60
- removed
- published
- 1/04/2024 8:48:36 PM
- updated
- 20/09/2025 1:01:59 PM
- deleted
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