Whether or not "make new stuff" is ethically dubious really depends on what you mean by it

Is this assuming they won't be used for other stuff if their expressed purpose doesn't work out? i.e. AI? In that respect the compute would just be put towards other uses.

Or are we talking hardware obsolescence?

This sounds extremely cool

because of your regular presence in other discourses when this was reposted onto my timeline sans context it was REALLY confusing

as a former service industry worker I love nothing more than the willingness and freedom to confront customers about their selfish behavior