You have to have a thin client device to access the servers out on the Internet, which is…kind of what a sub-$500 low-end PC or budget smartphone would be.
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Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks agoHah. They will just make more things cloud based, unfortunately
tal@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
mr_anny@sopuli.xyz 3 weeks ago
Well. When masses opt out from newer equipment and companies revenue needs them to use theur services, they just need to revise end of support date.
I myself will not ever use thin clients. If that ever comes to reality, I will just drop my phone off.
I also think that as Google is closing it’s android ecosystem next september and the phones will be more expensive there will emerge need and supply for lighter and open chips to build alternatives to ios and android.
Laptops on the other hand seem to have reasonably long lifespan. My oldest still on use is from 2011.
4am@lemmy.zip 3 weeks ago
Which the whole point of this, anyway.
If no one can buy personal computers, they’ll have to rent compute from corporations who have hoarded all the computing hardware.
You’ll own nothing and you’ll pretend to like it, or else they will cut you the fuck off. Please drink a verification can.