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For me it was hardware ethics.
Spending thousands every couple of years because a marketing department tells you your old device is suddenly shit just doesn't sit well with me.
I've used the same $400 dollar phone for three years now, keeping it updated with lineageOS. And I've kept my trusty 6 year old editing desktop relatively capable with routine part upgrades and Linux.
Our entire economic system is based on making people buy new shit as often as possible, and that's so ridiculously unsustainable it's insane most people just put up with it so long as they can keep their nose down watching tiktok.
While I agree that marketing trying to sell you upgrades you don't need is dumb and annoying, it's a pretty poor argument unless you have absolutely no willpower or something and can't stop yourself from buying new things just because it been advertised to you.