It’s not like it was an accident or that they didn’t know what they were doing. This is working as intended as far as they’re concerned.

There is another saying that uses ‘from the river to the sea’ and ‘decolonize’ is not in it. I think that might be the dog whistle they’re talking about.

They gained a cost reduction for a single quarter of a single year. No further thought was put into it.

Right, but none of them are new. They’ve all been around for billions of years.

Remote device bricking is cheaper than researching part wear for planned obsolescence.