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Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces by dmckeon on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:20PM (#31507546)
> patches became somewhat slower after update.

Could this be a form of assisted obsolescence, in which a user who has owned a device for a few years is being subliminally urged to buy a new model?

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Re:The benefits of “low tech” user interfaces by ratww on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @03:38PM (#31509483)
In this specific case I think it was just incompetence, but at the same time, one of the selling points of the device was “lasting longer” because it was able to receive updates.
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