Re:It's time to make computing personal again
by johnnyanmac on Sunday January 19, 2025 @08:01PM
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I think a more generous interpretation of this is simply one that is critiquing planned obsolescence and addicting algorithm. Some things need to increase usage by nature, but how many services have you used that really needed a subscription as a necessary model to work?
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Re:It's time to make computing personal again
by XorNot on Sunday January 19, 2025 @08:37PM
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My hot take is planned obsolescence doesn't exist.
It's a side effect of items being built to cost, and the marketing phenomenon that consumers follow fashion trends.
Your car doesn't have planned obsolescence: it has a warranty period. If you want a longer one, you'll pay more because that is not a free service to provide.
Re:It's time to make computing personal again
by plaguehammer on Saturday January 25, 2025 @02:06PM
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That’s a reductionist view. Have you read “Made to Break” by Giles Slade? A great book on this subject. Make no mistake, there’s a lot of deliberate planning and effort that goes into designing things to break after a point in time, for nothing else but profit, the environment be damned.