Well if it is reliable, “if it ain’t broke don’t fix it” is a good way of looking at it too. This is fair though!
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Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 2 days agoIt also doesn’t necessarily mean more dependable. There definitely is a fallacy problem that many fall into where they believe old = reliable.
halezinflames@lemmus.org 2 days ago
ericwdhs@discuss.online 1 day ago
That’s true, but if you have a 20-year-old item that is still working and a different 5-year-old item that is still working and you know nothing else about them, the statistics do work out that the former will likely maintain its working condition longer. It’s obviously not a hard rule, but as a rule of thumb, it exists for a reason.
the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 18 hours ago
Survivorship bias. Garbage products from 20 years ago are long gone.