

It won’t last forever though…
A lot of the non-upgradability is the pursuit of smallest form factor. But then everyone throws a case on it anyways. Miniaturization has diminishing returns and we hit that long ago with laptops.
Eventually we’ll hit it with phones, and then it’s just a matter of time till a solid “base” with swapable components come out. There’s been a couple already, but they still require a sacrifice of size or speed/power.
That’s why manufacturers are trying to push us to watches or glasses. They need to shrink the form factor to keep up the (insanely profitable) strategy of selling a brand new unit every 2 years.
Yes it has…
If you think this is the first time a movement of Christians has stripped rights away thru a political movement, it makes me think you’re not aware of how long this fight has been going on.
Like, from the first colonies, expansion into new colonies, the revolution, the civil war…
At almost every major turning point of our country’s history, fighting off Christian extremists has been one of the few constants. They spent a couple decades working behind the scenes with both parties, but just because it was less visible for a while doesn’t mean it stopped and especially doesn’t erase our past.
Like…
You’re not wrong that it’s bad now, and I’m glad you realize that.
But people need to understand history to understand how to fight today.