[freedomben]

You're not wrong, but what you say is also not helpful. You're suggesting a microeconomic solution to fix a macroeconomic problem. It's a form of the Tragedy of the Commons. Doing what you say will simply hurt the person who does it, while making no difference in the large scheme of things.

[adimitrov]

But I'm not proposing a solution. What I'm saying is that a vicious cycle isn't broken by shrugging and conceding defeat to whatever you feel "macroeconomics" is.

It's easy pointing fingers and blaming circumstances. But I'm asking you: what would hurt exactly? Would your life be worse without the iPhone 12? Would you me less productive, would you be less happy?