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		UN report: electronic waste levels surge 20 percent in the past 5 years (yahoo.com)
		3 points by ThrowawayR2 on July 2, 2020 \| hide \| past \| favorite \| 2 comments

itg on July 2, 2020 | [–]

Not mentioned in the article, but I bet it’s also due to companies making upgrading and repairing hardware difficult.

fsflover on July 2, 2020 | | [–]

Hopefully this will help: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23648890

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