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by ethbro 2718 days ago
To expound, why people are taking issue with word choice:

fet·ish·ize - verb - Make (something) the object of a sexual fetish.

Ergo, fetishizing the technology prolly isn't what you meant.

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I think it's pretty clear that they meant using the technology to fulfil a (sexual) fetish.

Granted, it's not ordinary usage, but in context, I think the meaning was decipherable.

s/fetishize the technology/fetishize the product of the technology/