Seeming reasonable in the context of the madness of constant growth is still not reasonable. I get what you mean, but we need to demand better of the ultra powerful if we want to see better in our lifetime.
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GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 4 weeks agoI am not using apple products myself any more, but 7 years of guaranteed support seems very reasonable, especially when our dumb ass economy runs on constant consumption and growth. They could just as easily make their phones break a week after the legally required warranty period is over, and you’d have to buy another
FarraigePlaisteach@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Serinus@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Seven years for a phone right now is pretty reasonable. For a laptop, it’s absolutely not.
lung@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
No but you see, there’s no reason a newer osx can’t run on their older hardware most of the time. You can install new windows on an old laptop if it has the specs. It’s not like they lost the drivers or whatever. It’s a choice they made, cutting off users from security updates & newer apps & leaving them with a vulnerable device
aasatru@kbin.earth 4 weeks ago
It's not reasonable, but it is understandable. This is why FOSS is the only viable alternative for sustainable computing.