The potential problems are of such magnitude, however, that if we wait for
irrefutable evidence before taking steps to halt the emission of gases and the destruction of rainforests, it will be too late (quite literally) to «stem the tide».
That is a statement that was frequently being bandied about by the tech blogs about 5 - 6 years ago, back
before there was
irrefutable evidence that Google, Samsung, Huawei, Xiaomi and major app developers were making real money on the platform.