America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs

Re:America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs by pixl97 on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:15AM (#12700512)

Just say that you will keep your cell phone over a year or two and you'll get 10 replies here on why they upgrade their perfectly fine phone every year. Waste is an addiction, and it's a common one when it comes to electronics.

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Re:America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs by noir_lord on Thursday October 13, 2016 @09:26AM (#12700577)

I'm the other way around, I'm using a 5yo desktop (i5-2500k) and a four year old phone.

Both do exactly what I need them to do and upgrading would be a marginal improvement.

I loathe buying technology my gf says I'm the worst techie ever :)

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Re:America’s Dazzling Tech Boom Has a Downside: Not Enough Jobs by roflchoppa on Thursday October 13, 2016 @10:35PM (#12705802)

2 year old phone, Macbook Pro 15' from 2009 (the only model not to have video card issues since, what? 2007?) I'll replace it eventually....

i was also referring to clothing that looses material quality rapidly....etc etc.

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