There are few things quite as emblematic of late stage capitalism than the concept of “planned obsolescence”.

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      1 year ago

      How is it cherrypicking? The OS isn’t even out yet. I’m literally going off the current OS.

      Where is this computer that got dropped after less than 5 years?

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        1 year ago

        Ok sorry it will be out in October. Owners will get extra 3 months of support. This completely changes everything

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            1 year ago

            Maybe you didn’t notice due to the Stockholm syndrome, but when Apple discontinues support, you can’t get the latest apps. Yay can get security updates for another 12 months! But can’t install the latest apps as they’re required to target the latest os version to be published in the app store. Victory

            I don’t understand you. Google is shitty because Chromebooks get 6 years of updates (not their fault if the school is buying old new stock that sat in a warehouse for 4 years), but apple is an hero because their products in average get 6 years of os updates + a full extra year of security updates? That extra year changes everything?

            While Google is shitty because x86 Linux+chrome could be automatically updated indefinitely for decades with no effort at all, at least on their devices you could install an alternative os, giving a second life on old devices. iPads and iPhones can’t run an alternative os. And the alternative os selection on the m1 macs is limited too