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iopq@lemmy.world 7 months agoA phone is a product, and it solves a lot of problems.
I used to print out mapquest directions to wherever I drove. Now I can just use navigation.
Products can solve problems, that’s why people pay for them
Haagel@lemmings.world 7 months ago
I think he means existential problems, like our belligerent lumbering towards the violent self-destruction of humanity.
Digital_man@lemmy.one 7 months ago
This is exactly what I meant.
A product is something created by an organization ( in our case corporations) to make money. Period.
The fact it can make our lives easier is a secondary side effect. The way these products are made can ( and usually do) exacerbate our problems.
Solutions ? Nah.