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Can't you say the same about virtually any form of entertainment? The electricity that runs the server you used to post this doesn't come from nowhere.
I don't think this is a fair comparison. Fireworks launch a lot of nanoparticles, metals, and other harmful chemicals in the sky and directly worsen air quality while many Lemmy servers (
lemmy.worldincluded) use renewable energy.I think a fairer comparison in entertainment would be sport. On paper it doesn't produce anything to better humanity, there's a ridiculous amount of fuel used by teams and fans to travel especially when it comes to something like a World Cup because it's on a global scale.
In reality, the world absolutely needs it because that's what people use to entertain themselves. People can't be mindless drones fucking about; they won't just read books all the time or go camping every day. There's something primal that just comes out when it comes to sport and most people can't live without it.
The materials to make the servers don't come from nowhere. And the processes to get those materials are often very polluting.
Bruh we dont have to blow up servers everytime we post and all the materials they are made of are valuable recyclable.
You would be surprised how often parts need to be replaced in a data center. There is a lot more than severs in there to make all this happen. Then you need the device to read it on, and the infrastructure to get the bits to you... a lot of plastic in all that which won't break down for a very line time too.
That's a good point
It’s a totally valid point. Both waste your time and money to distract for a brief moment. You can use all the renewables you want but in the end the consumer is the product and the product needs you to keep consuming it to justify its existence. We need pyrotechnics to excercise ghost as much as we need another season of that marveldisneyfox show to survive. Or the steam summersale to make us think we are saving money by buying more games. Unsub, unfollow, smash the bellbutton and block shit more often.