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Returned devices are currently e-waste that can't be reassigned, per The Verge.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

you have that shit, people make fun of you.

Bad argument. The same was true for computers and video games just a couple decades ago.

[–] Dicska 4 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

In the late nineties we used to call cell phones jerkophones.

[–] goosehorse 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I remember laughing at business-aspiring folks rocking bluetooth earpieces back in the day, and now everyone walks around with at least one airpod attached to their skull.

Edit: forgot a "to"