Indeed a laptop built in 2014 is unaffected by a chip shortage in 2020-22. Until it's accidentally dropped and you need a replacement. Or you want to buy a we

Indeed a laptop built in 2014 is unaffected by a chip shortage in 2020-22. Until it's accidentally dropped and you need a replacement. Or you want to buy a webcam for it. Or a car, a TV, an oven, a dishwasher. Or you interact with any service which is itself impacted, and then you suffer longer wait times, higher prices or are denied service. Maybe your ISP can't ship you a replacement if your router just got fried by lightning. And let's hope you don't need a hospital ER, where you would find out that semiconductors are not the only critical shortage going on.