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“Immensely disappointing”: Nike killing app for $350 self-tying sneakers
(arstechnica.com)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
Not sure which country you're from, but I've basically lost the any hope I can influence any policy in my country with ANY attitude. I hope I'm wrong about other countries.
Look up "right to repair" laws. There are efforts all across the world to get them passed, and many of them have been successful. This is absolutely a thing that you can in fact make a difference on.