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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·edit-22 months agoHow is using magnets a “new button”? Disabled folks who can’t fasten buttons have been using magnet closures for a while. This guy adds the ability to decorate it and that’s a new button? They had changeable button covers for fun in the ‘80s.
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months ago “There wasn’t some arrogant ambition around disruption [of buttons],” Ive told the outlet. “It was a very gentle, humble exploration.”
How is using magnets a “new button”?
Disabled folks who can’t fasten buttons have been using magnet closures for a while. This guy adds the ability to decorate it and that’s a new button? They had changeable button covers for fun in the ‘80s.