Y'all, I spend a few weeks every year in the data about global networks, devices, and (web) content,[1] and my eyebrows may never return to their previous position after encountering the "device hoarding" discourse.
The deep, abiding immorality of the anti-right-to-repair/pro-e-waste contingent has never been so nakedly transparent, and yet so seemingly ascendant. Burn it with fire.
[1]: https://infrequently.org/series/performance-inequality/
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@slightlyoff Are there any projects or technologies you are excited about or hopeful for regarding these problems?
@mpanhans I've been thankful for the abundance of great off-ramp tools for the entirety of frontend's lost decade; systems like Preact, Svelte, Astro, Lit, Solid, HTMX, etc. all show that smaller, lighter footprints are possible if folks want to adopt them and improve the results for their own firms.
What I'm less optimistic about is the trend of browser engineers and managers treating induced demand like it's somebody else's problem. These folks are enablers.