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I got that, I was just repeating the number. My point is that leather is more durable than is necessary for a consumer electronic, especially one from Apple which has made planned obsolescence continuous innovation a cornerstone of their business.

Human rights don’t exist either. These are legal and philosophical concepts that we decide on, not fundamental constants.

Well vegans do it, so it must be available enough

Yeah but now imagine they were part of a sixty year old computer. Kind of a waste if you ask me.

The electronics here will be grossly obsolete within five years.

Canvas straps can be good quality, less sticky, and last way beyond the lifespan of any consumer grade electronic device.

Not to sound like I’m a textiles expert, so don’t come at me

They’re neat (I’ve only tried Uni’s), though imho I prefer the manual control of a regular mech/pencil when writing in cursive, because then I can choose when to rotate the lead (ie by rotating the entire pencils).

If you’re used to writing with pencils you don’t even think about it anymore. It’s as natural as dotting an i.

I think this and the stuff happening at Twitter are a nice kickstart to get lemmy and other ferdiverse stuff going.

Long live the ferdervers!

But seriously, I’m with you in sentiment. I’m never going back to the centralised/for-profit soc med services.

All their value comes from the free interactions between people chatting, and they think they deserve to get rich for renting the hall. Fuck that, we can just rent the infrastructure ourselves if that’s what it takes to talk in peace.

Welcome!