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I was going to post about as much the same. To add to this is how everything is deprecated so quickly now. I like to use my phones until they break or I am almo
by playcache 6y ago
I was going to post about as much the same. To add to this is how everything is deprecated so quickly now. I like to use my phones until they break or I am almost forced to. I am just not inclined to buy a new model every year. Same with my laptops, TVs etc. I have an old Sony Ericsson which I can tell they no longer want to support, the updates are coming much more slowly and I swear with each one they are slowing the performance of the device (but perhaps that is being paranoid), I have an old thinkpad which runs a rolling release style linux distribution and so I don't need to upgrade all the time and my TV is 720p / non smart which looks fine to me. I am honestly happy with this lot, but the manufactorers most likely see me as a bad customer.
- tomjen3 6y agoI think you can go too far in your direction. A 720p TV doesn't look nearly as good as a Full HD or 4k. I remember watching a shot of a sky filled with stars on a blueray movie and having to pause it, just because it was that breathtaking. There is nothing wrong with a solid thinkpad if you can replace the battery so that it still works well, but my days of jumping from outlet to outlet because I got 20min on a full charge are over. So are the days of carrying a heavy laptop with a bulky charger. I brought a oneplus phone some years ago and I paid too much for it because I wanted a "great phone". I don't regret the ultra-fast charging and day+ battery though, and my next phone is probably also going to be a oneplus, just a much cheaper model. So if there is something to sum up this rambeling comment, it should probably be this: know what you are missing in your current tech, and upgrade as it makes sense to do so for your personal use case.