Istg no matter how educated I am about all the evil shit does I still find myself yearning for the new shiny thing like drake when he smells a fresh pie on a window sill.
So how do you Deprogram® yourself from this? I literally have a pristine condition never leased iPhone 17 Pro Max that could easily last me a decade, and yet I feel as if I’m just a little left-communist and Alex Karp is jingling keys in front of me
Half shitpost half serious
Buy used electronics. Something that will be genuinely be helpful to you. Or just have hobbies that involves material things like 3d printing, cars, biking, guns, etc. Obviously some are much more expensive and/or time consuming than others.
Just this other day I bought a used pixel to flash graphene on it. Been amazing so far. It genuinely provided me a security advantage in organizing while not succumbing to the caveman shiny object trap. Drool over the practical application, not the aesthetic itself.