Istg no matter how educated I am about all the evil shit does I still find myself yearning for the new shiny thing like drake when he smells a fresh pie on a window sill.
So how do you Deprogram® yourself from this? I literally have a pristine condition never leased iPhone 17 Pro Max that could easily last me a decade, and yet I feel as if I’m just a little left-communist and Alex Karp is jingling keys in front of me
Half shitpost half serious
the other person has already said block the ads making you want it, so ill do one better:
customize and build your own stuff whenever possible, tailored to your own preferences and needs. will make you value your own stuff over the new stuff.
might not be possible/practical for you with phones like in your example, but applies to a lot of what we use consume and crave.