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by JZL003 1739 days ago
Also just bc the link is buried, see https://doctorow.medium.com/i-quit-9ae7b6010c99

He traded smoking for buying a new laptop every year. Now that it's been years, I guess he could quit and not buy a new laptop. But also people do more wasteful things. I do understand though, I drive laptops into the ground over many years but still 4-5 years per laptop