This week, The Vergecast jumps between the practical and the absurd: navigating real consumer decisions like buying laptops and setting up dorm room smart home gadgets, while also reckoning with tech industry choices that seem designed to make life worse, from Meta's screen-time limits to the prospect of foldable phones at live events. The episodes reflect a tension that defines consumer tech right now—the gap between what we actually need and what companies keep trying to sell us.
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