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by phh 1655 days ago
I kinda believe that capitalism can go in the right direction (though government action is needed) with pushes from all of us:

I chose a job specifically because it aims at reducing e-waste, and that's a real business incentive so I know I won't hit corporate walls. Turns out the job also tries to optimize electricity consumption, which is a target I don't think is very useful, but still feels like the right direction. (For reference, said job has a 10 yr old product upgraded to brand new Linux 5.15)

Except for that, the usual, ESG, eating less meat, using cars as little as possible. All of which are monetary incentives for the economy to go "in the right direction".

I also work on Android custom ROMs on my free time. I have yet to determine whether this is a net ecological positive (I buy many smartphones for that project so it has its own cost), and I have a very hard time turning it into monetary incentives.