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| james_s:
I'd love to see the price of consumer goods double or triple, right now they are artificially cheap to the extent that it's cheaper to throw something away and buy a new one which comes with indirect costs to the environment that aren't in the price tag at the store. Stuff used to be way more expensive, it was built to last and to be repaired. A whole industry existed around repairing goods, and due to the cost people didn't accept disposable junk. Being able to repair stuff has worked out very well for me. I've never paid money for a TV in my life and I've lost count of the number of them that have passed through my hands. My clothes washer and dishwasher were both free, my clothes dryer was only $50 and the only reason I paid anything for one is that it matches the washer. I've gotten cars for peanuts, a couple of them for free. Lawnmowers, chainsaws, weed eaters, generators, I've never paid anything for them. |
| Dubbie:
--- Quote from: VK3DRB on January 16, 2021, 01:55:17 am ---Governments should financially punish bad corporate citizens like Apple who send software updates to slow your phone down so that you buy the latest model. --- End quote --- I'm not sure why you singled out apple here. In my experience, there are ton more people with old apple phones that are still going strong - well supported on their second replacement batteries etc than any other brand. |
| SilverSolder:
--- Quote from: Dubbie on January 18, 2021, 05:56:59 am --- --- Quote from: VK3DRB on January 16, 2021, 01:55:17 am ---Governments should financially punish bad corporate citizens like Apple who send software updates to slow your phone down so that you buy the latest model. --- End quote --- I'm not sure why you singled out apple here. In my experience, there are ton more people with old apple phones that are still going strong - well supported on their second replacement batteries etc than any other brand. --- End quote --- It happened to me - I had an old iPhone 4s that I liked... I upgraded iOS for no particular good reason (vague ideas of better security, compatibility, etc.) and it literally ruined the phone, it would get hot and the battery wouldn't even last a day (before, it ran fine for several days - there was no problem with the battery). I could live with that, if Apple had allowed me to revert back to the previous version of the OS and get me back up and running again. They don't permit that, though. Once you upgrade, that's it. I had to buy another phone. Needless to say, it was not an Apple. |
| james_s:
--- Quote from: SilverSolder on January 18, 2021, 06:03:54 pm ---I could live with that, if Apple had allowed me to revert back to the previous version of the OS and get me back up and running again. They don't permit that, though. Once you upgrade, that's it. I had to buy another phone. Needless to say, it was not an Apple. --- End quote --- That's the thing I hate most about Apple, the one-way door on updates. I've locked down all of Apple's servers on my network after getting burned by their aggressive updating, usually to one release past when they really should have stopped updating older hardware and it becomes unusably slow with no way to roll it back. I finally broke down and updated my phone from iOS10 to iOS14 because some apps I needed required a later version for whatever reason and after extensive research I decided I could live with it. It's usable but even so I noticed a substantial reduction in batter life, I used to be able to go all day without any problem at all. Unfortunately iOS10 was incredibly buggy, reminders which I used to rely on heavily never worked right anymore, they would fail to pop up all the time which made them completely useless. I still miss iOS 6, it had a gorgeous polished UI, which they completely threw out after the stupid pissing match between Scott Forstall and Jony Ive. I'd LOVE to kick Apple to the curb but Android its terrible in its own way and I use iMessage to communicate with friends across the border. I wish they could be forced to open up iMessage so it could be used on other platforms. |
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