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> Yes, an app is to be treated as a disposable thing with a shelf life of a few years at best. The part that worries me is that a lot of physical items can onl
by hddherman 4y ago
> Yes, an app is to be treated as a disposable thing with a shelf life of a few years at best.
The part that worries me is that a lot of physical items can only be configured via apps. That's effectively limiting the useful life of those as well, even if the hardware itself lasts for much longer.
- m_eiman 4y agoEven worse are the ones that rely on a cloud service somewhere, even keeping an old device around won’t help you there…
- whatarethembits 4y agoHence, only buy hardware products that retain full functionality without a companion app, where applicable. Although the trend it clearly in the direction of locking everything down with software unfortunately.