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by pjerem
336 days ago
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> But then I remind myself: it’s not a product made for me. I don’t have to like it. That’s not the point of the article, though. It never says it’s not a good product. The issue is not that, it’s that it is a disposable product : the day the company behind it closes or decides to unplug the wires, the toniebox instantly becomes a paperweight. That’s at least an ecological issue, but also a moral issue. I think it’s wrong in 2025 to give objects to our kids that we know have no future. Disclaimer : someone offered a toniebox to my son so we own one. I agree it’s a good product. But there was an opportunity to make it working fully offline and they decided not to for money reasons. The figurines could have had some mb of embedded memory, it’s not like they were cheap to buy. |
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Unfortunately, all memory degrades over time, especially the "modern" multi-level flash chips.
The fact these things work at all is a miracle of engineering and binning.