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Electronic waste is an externality that I am ok with the government regulating. My VCR still plays cassettes 30 years after it was made, but my 1st Gen iPad st
by hermannj314 2y ago
Electronic waste is an externality that I am ok with the government regulating.
My VCR still plays cassettes 30 years after it was made, but my 1st Gen iPad stopped playing YouTube videos 5 years after it was made.
- Rinzler89 2y agoThat's not a good comparison. VHS was a standard that the VCR makers themselves helped create so of course they'll be inter compatible forever. Youtube didn't make iPads and Apple didn't make Youtube so there's no guarantee for them to be compatible forever. A better comparison would be how long Apple chooses to provide OS updates to iPads and Macbooks since they're all made by the same company.