Apple's vision of the future? Lots of room for different opinions on the life cycle of electronics but: 1) What you are complaining about is a decades old, in

Apple's vision of the future? Lots of room for different opinions on the life cycle of electronics but: 1) What you are complaining about is a decades old, industry wide phenomena and not something vaguely unique about Apple. 2) Apple products tend to retain functionality and re-sale value much longer than their competitors.