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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half a billion cheap electrical items go to UK landfills in a year, research finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Ditto for London. I assume most local council recycling facilities accept small electrical waste.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half a billion cheap electrical items go to UK landfills in a year, research finds⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Exactly. The fact that “disposable” vapes even exist is mind-boggling. And now they account for more than half of the electrical waste going to landfill. 🤦🏻‍♂️

  Why do they even exist? Can’t they be banned?

  It’s like buying a USB battery pack to recharge your phone - and then chucking it out after it’s run out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Common global rules needed ahead of ‘flying taxi’ boom, UK regulator says⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I was envisioning something more like this.

  A London black cab, flying above the London skyline, with purple dragon wings

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Thanks! I’ll try this next time when I get one of these popups.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Interesting 🤔 “intercept” as in to rip them?

  And suppose a friend asked me how you do that. What should I tell them?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This sounds like the Netflix model.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨"Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yo ho, yo ho!

• "Sponsored recommendations": I pay for Spotify Premium, and yet somehow I'm still the product?lemmy.one ↗
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