I’d wager there are daily goods that have far more exploitation than most people would be comfortable with.
But you are right in some cases things aren’t necessities and could probably be limited or cut out. That being said, there’s a morale / mental component too. For example, you don’t need that chocolate birthday cake for your sibling, parent, child, etc., but it is still is considered very important. If it wasn’t there, it could be considered a huge blow and/or insulting.
The shopping cart one is better because it’s literally just barely more time / effort. Fair trade stuff can be expensive compared to their counterpart. People in rougher financial situations really can’t make that choice every time.
There was a period of time where I was too lazy to re-hook up my main PC to everything. I just hooked up my Steam Deck instead via a USB C hub.
It was then that I realized I don’t really use my main gaming PC anymore. I just play on the Steam Deck and almost everything else is just general use most of the time.
Since then, I found I still prefer to do some tinkering on a way the Steam Deck isn’t very good at, so I been thinking of selling off my PC and buying a capable laptop to have that extra ease as I found I don’t need the extra performance anymore.
I wonder if that happened in real life too…
Seems it isn’t free anymore
I wouldn’t say it is “Year of the linux desktop!” But I do think eventually it will take up much more of the market of OS use. Maybe years and years away.
Linux has come a very long way. I found it is actually easier in many ways to Mac and Windows, more complicated in others.
For general use, and even gaming, it’s actually in a really good state for general users right now.
I feel like I just stumbled upon a self projection loop.