lnxtx@feddit.nl to Fuck Cars@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 month agoInnovation makes useful things smaller - overconsumption makes them bigger and more meaninglessnorden.socialimagemessage-square44fedilinkarrow-up1363arrow-down126file-textcross-posted to: degrowth@slrpnk.net
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minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·1 month agoTVs might be an even better example
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoI don’t think so. They never shrank which makes them an even worse example for the meme or what do you mean?
minus-squarescratchee@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·1 month agoThey shrank by weight and volume for sure. Not by screen area though.
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoRight now I’m sitting next to 2 TVs. One 34’’ CRT and an OLED with 4 times the screen area. The CRT weights 7 times more
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoDonno why I didn’t think about the volume and weight but only about the front area
minus-squareLovesTha🥧@floss.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month ago@lugal @Zehzin Note the laptop screen also got larger across the depicted time gap.
TVs might be an even better example
I don’t think so. They never shrank which makes them an even worse example for the meme or what do you mean?
They shrank by weight and volume for sure.
Not by screen area though.
Right now I’m sitting next to 2 TVs. One 34’’ CRT and an OLED with 4 times the screen area. The CRT weights 7 times more
Donno why I didn’t think about the volume and weight but only about the front area
@lugal @Zehzin Note the laptop screen also got larger across the depicted time gap.