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The best argument I heard was that it is equivalent to having a DVD player in your TV. Or a computer in your car. You end up pairing a long lifespan device with
by Danieru 14y ago
The best argument I heard was that it is equivalent to having a DVD player in your TV. Or a computer in your car. You end up pairing a long lifespan device with a short lifespan one. One half of the resulting device will get broken or obsolete long before the other half.
Moore's law applies to all the devices cell phones have been replacing for the past 5 years. Thus the cell phone is pairing with devices of similar lifespan. An amplifier is a different class of good. Their prices have not plummeted and their lifespans have only gotten better.
- justinsb 14y agoGood point, but I think we're talking about throwing away a $25 amplifier when the $50 computer is obsolete. And if the computer is essentially "just" a wireless audio player I'd imagine you can get a solid 5 years out of it without any problem - i.e. it can still run Siri, because the brains are in the cloud. Physically mounting a computer in your $20,000+ 10-year lifespan car when it is totally outclassed by the phone most people carry in their pocket and replace every year or two... I agree that is insanity!
- hollerith 14y agoWell, its not that hard to install and uninstall a car computer, Intel-architecture computers are not outclassed by phones, and there are companies that cater to this niche, e.g., http://mitxpc.com/ http://mitxpc.com/.