The situation
The end of Windows 10 support is an e-waste disaster in the making
In an example of egregious planned obsolescence, as many as 400 million computers will soon hit the waste stream.
If we don't believe in an alternative, we will miss the opportunity to save millions of good computers for communities and businesses.
These computers can be saved.
Link-roll (↗)
- Introducing Saved | Cross-post from Ian Allan
- The Windows 11 Crisis
- Linux Distros Designed for Former Windows Users Are Picking Up Steam
- Universal Blue is the future of Linux desktops for most people, and you should try it too
- Zorin OS 18 - Replace Windows With This
- Something Big Is Happening With Linux
- Cory Doctorow - Rescuing the Internet From "Enshittification" | The Daily Show
- We Didn't Ask for This Internet | The Ezra Klein Show
- Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian says 'much of the internet is now dead'
- The Authoritarian Stack
- We have 900 days left | Emad Mostaque
- The end of our extremely online era
- a16z-Backed Startup Sells Thousands of "Synthetic Influencers" to Manipulate Social Media as a Service
- Is AI already impacting job growth?
- Goldman Sachs warns of 'jobless growth' in the US as AI fuels output but not jobs
Initial prompt: an image in-store, I want it to have a plywood feel for the display of the laptops etc, a bit like a local izakaya/bar in Japan - a bit of a lived-in feel, definitely not too rustic, and still a cool vibe.
The answer
A new venture entering Phase 1 of an ambitious vision.
Phase 1: collect, process, upgrade, reimagine, and redistribute ex-Windows 10 laptops at scale — with warranties.
Believe
Something to add? We can make it happen.
The proposal is licensed for you to pick it up and run with it!