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> No PM in history has ever said “This seems to be working pretty well, let’s leave it the way it is.” Great line. Hard to have a long term stability when peop

> No PM in history has ever said “This seems to be working pretty well, let’s leave it the way it is.” Great line. Hard to have a long term stability when people are motivated by short term incentives. I think Apple started this idea of planned obsolescence and disposability (buy a new phone every year). And their yearly OS updates exist purely to slap a new wallpaper on their yearly hardware micro-iteration for marketing purposes.

dave4420 3y ago
Mobile phone companies have been pushing their customers to upgrade their phones every time their contract came up since forever.
musicale 3y ago
> I think Apple started this idea of planned obsolescence and disposability (buy a new phone every year). iPhones generally get at least 5 years of software updates. The current iOS 16 will run on an iPhone 8 from 2017. Batteries do age but it is usually possible to get them replaced.