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Because your PC should smell nice: Apacer adds essential oil diffuser to SSD (www.techspot.com)

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[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world -2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Possibly harmful in the sense it promotes habit-forming rituals. But we're already addicted anyway, so maybe net zero effect other than brand loyalty

[–] MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Since when are habit and ritual innately harmful? You've genuinely got me curious.

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I didn't say it was innately harmful. If it's a feature no one asked for, there's a good chance marketing is taking a shot at getting you hooked on something beyond performance/functionality specs. So, an extreme opinion, but we are surrounded by addictive designs that extend beyond the expected functionality.