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That is such an interesting perspective. You're saying that buying this years model is an important part of buying 'new' for you. I get it but I've never seen i
by badcppdev 3y ago
That is such an interesting perspective. You're saying that buying this years model is an important part of buying 'new' for you. I get it but I've never seen it written down before.
I guess cars are the same. If you walked into a dealership and all the models had been released 2 years previous you might feel like you shouldn't be paying full price even though you are getting a brand new car.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> saying that buying this years model is an important part of buying 'new' for you Arbitrarily lengthening release cycles like this is performative. Particularly in high tech. Doubly so in a category that’s reducing its energy and material footprint. Consider if we did this for cars. New model once a decade. This would be horrible for fuel economies. To say nothing about safety and EVs.
- garte 3y agoSome might say yearly release cycles may be a bad incentive to hold back innovations because you have to bring something new every year... So you do _not_ get the latest and greatest, but a carefully planned "older" product with newer stuff in the pipeline for the next 5 years.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Some might say yearly release cycles may be a bad incentive to hold back innovations Based on what evidence?