Submitted by chevron-preplan-29 t3_yyudid in BuyItForLife
mildOrWILD65 t1_iwwidsu wrote
Reply to comment by chevron-preplan-29 in [Request] Cell Phone that isn't a scam by chevron-preplan-29
So, imagine asking a question similar to this, 15 years ago, and getting a phone that matched your requirements.
Would you still be satisfied with the capabilities of such a phone?
Some things, by definition, cannot be BIFL because technology changes so much, at least in our experience. Computers are another good example.
chevron-preplan-29 OP t1_iwwmlml wrote
Sure, perhaps I might not be. But, I'm totally fine with buying new products if they genuinely are better. What I have a problem with is being forced into buying new products regularly when I am happy with the older technology. A 15 year old phone is too old, but a 5 or 10 year old phone perhaps isn't. I just want to watch videos, browse social media, make phone calls, and send/receive text messages. I don't care about the aesthetics, it being thin, having a fancy camera, etc. I don't need the latest and greatest to do any of the things that I actually care about. If I get a phone that matches my requirements, and then 15 years from now some advancements take place and I want a new phone while my old one still works perfectly, I'll do that and have no problem with it.
To give a concrete example of this working properly, I have some 25 year old computers sitting in my basement that still work as well as they did the day I bought them (mostly, a few easily swappable consumables like mechanical drives are bad). I could probably even install Linux on them to make them secure, but I still daily drive a modern computer from like 2019 or so. Given that it's a desktop that I can build myself due to better availability of modular parts, it hasn't fallen apart or suffered any such problems, so I am free to keep it for as long as it does what I need or want. Eventually, I will upgrade in some way, but it's my choice, and I don't need a whole new computer since I can just upgrade the specific parts that need it.
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