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Computers and phones are in fundamentally different categories because one has open software and the other doesn't. Whether you or people in aggregate choose t
by throwaway22032 5y ago
Computers and phones are in fundamentally different categories because one has open software and the other doesn't.
Whether you or people in aggregate choose to do things is distinct from whether they are effectively forced via planned obsolescence. That's what makes it planned.
I know that my old car has lower fuel efficiency. It's actually not that bad, my 20 year old car gets about 45-50 UK MPG, a new one of the same shape etc would get about 60-70. The distinction is small enough that scrapping the car and making a new one would be worse overall from an emissions perspective.
But again, that's my choice. New phones have better cameras than mine. I don't care, I have a real camera for that.
- JumpCrisscross 5y ago> Computers and phones are in fundamentally different categories because one has open software and the other doesn't I have a grandparent who uses the same phone we got her a decade ago. It runs entirely on closed-source software. It works fine. Same for the Windows computer we got her five years before that. Meanwhile, my friend who runs AOSP on his phone has a new device every six months.
- BenjiWiebe 5y agoAnd I switched from an old phone ('13 model) to one a single year newer so I could run open software on it. (Just counteracting your anecdote about the friend...shrug)