You don't want more companies to aggressively do this with hardware unless you don't care about the ability to repair anything yourself ever again (or pay someone else with the skill to do it for significantly cheaper than Apple's highway robbery repairs.)
yes you are because wtf do you mean by this
Some (most?) Chromebooks have a dev mode switch to disable this and allow you to install self-built images and updates. Usually you can remove ChromeOS entirely and just slap Linux on the things (which ChromeOS really is under the hood anyway).
Considering the mental state necessary to do this, it's appropriate.
There is a growing community of guys who make AI cards to plug into chat bot frontends like sillytaven.
It's pretty common that having an enabling job makes people like this spiral out of control. If no one really gave a shit or cared about his top of the line brand new Oogabooga Synth 9000, it wouldn't fuel him. But when you work at the music gear shop, you're surrounded by people coveting the new thing, not to mention advertisements for the new thing, not to mention the perfect avenue to purchase the new thing. When someone is so hyperfocused on a hobby, I've seen time and time again, their parents or whoever encourage them to get a job in it- but I really don't recommend it for this reason. It seems to do bad things to personal development. The dealers get high off their own supply.
He’s already quit his job at the instrument shop and got a new one somewhere else, so that should help stop his stage IV Gear Acquisition Syndrome from spreading any further. He still has yet to decide what parts of his collection he’s gonna sell off though.
It's good that he's realised that he has addiction/compulsive/hoarding issues comparatively early in his life. He will probably always struggle with it, but acknowledging it will go a long way towards keeping it under control. The hoarders/compulsive shoppers I've had the misfortune to be involved with were mostly all deeply in denial about their issues even in middle age. The one friend of mine who did freely admit that she was a hoarder kept her hoard clean and organised for most of the time I knew her, but by the time we parted ways it was clear that she was beginning to spiral.
”just kidding about the wife and kids” no shit
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i have a few maneki nekos and general figurines featuring cats, they are not many but they are all from friends who knew i like them, i'd gladly expand my collection if more people want to be cool and keep giving me cat figurines but have zero motivation to go out and buy more for myself. It just wouldn't be the same. There's a man in my city that became known for collecting recicled dolls, people have been giving him so many dolls over the years that his window is a creepy tourist atraction, i'd be the creepy maneki neko guy if i had more friends.
The community aspect is what separates collectors from consoomers. Consoomers are interested in the hobby community only because they want somebody to brag to.
In my experience as a guitarist (but I see it in practically every artistic community), there's an inverse correlation between the options I have available and the amount of creative work I actually get around to doing. I'm constantly looking to pare down my tools, think less about them, and impose voluntary restrictions on myself.
I continue to try and get rid of all the dumb gimmick craft supplies I stupidly bought over the years. No pom pom maker on earth really works. Why do I keep buying them when I know I'll just be disappointed, and what will I ever need pom poms for anyway?
In the event you ever do need a pom pom, you can make a disposable pom pom maker in a few minutes with a bit of cardboard. It works as well or better than anything you'd buy.
