I bother, because I don't like to throw away a perfectly fine appliance only because some short blew out something on the motherboard. Nor do I want to pay for a new one every 2 - 5 years when the hardware could perfectly well last for 10-20 years. In a perfect world with perfect recycling, I wouldn't mind that much, but as it is today, it's only a way to make me spend more and trash the planet more.
Also, I don't feel like the price of appliances was dropping over my lifetime, so I have to ask - where do those apparent savings go? They're definitely not being passed on to consumers.
> I would disagree with that on so many points. Today, more than ever we have massive differences. "Hey Siri/Google", the camera functionality is just incomparable, the maps, ...
I'll grant you camera, because chips and algorithms do get better. Siri/Google doesn't really feel like that much of an achievement over what was possible 10 years ago, except nobody tried to build that product then, and smartphones weren't exactly popular. As for maps, I'll only point to Google Maps application, which is constantly degrading in quality and functionality for the past 5+ years...
Also, I don't feel like the price of appliances was dropping over my lifetime, so I have to ask - where do those apparent savings go? They're definitely not being passed on to consumers.
> I would disagree with that on so many points. Today, more than ever we have massive differences. "Hey Siri/Google", the camera functionality is just incomparable, the maps, ...
I'll grant you camera, because chips and algorithms do get better. Siri/Google doesn't really feel like that much of an achievement over what was possible 10 years ago, except nobody tried to build that product then, and smartphones weren't exactly popular. As for maps, I'll only point to Google Maps application, which is constantly degrading in quality and functionality for the past 5+ years...