Ticeben2 t1_irbp4hf wrote on October 6, 2022 at 8:13 PM

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I’m talking about minor advancements in cool things not ps4-ps5, but do new iPhones need to come out every year? Their should be a certain amount of advancement proven before products from major companies are allowed to be brought into production. I know people who update their iPhone every year, or Android every 6 months to the latest “thing”. It’s a stack of little laws like this that will help, anyway I’m not arguing this anymore, I doubt we will agree on anything.

[deleted] t1_irbraun wrote on October 6, 2022 at 8:29 PM

So who decides who gets to bring things to market? And what is considered an "advancement?"

Standards are one thing: you can make a case for a standardized connector via IEEE (and I think that it make sense for regulators to work on that.)

But deciding that we should stop letting companies release new products based on what you think is necessary is pretty unusual.

Why should Sony be allowed to release the PS5 when the actual changes were minor compared to the PS4? Seems even less necessary to me, and I work in gaming.

Ticeben2 t1_irbuer1 wrote on October 6, 2022 at 8:51 PM

I’m not going to argue anymore because not going to get anywhere, but I agree with you about the ps5, it should not have been made. Personally I think games should just stay at the ps4 lvl. They do not need to get any better. I hope ps6 never gets made.

[deleted] t1_irbzl4x wrote on October 6, 2022 at 9:29 PM

Hey, at least you're consistent. I'm sorry that you're not willing to explore your ideas further, as this is an interesting good faith discussion.

At a point it becomes a question of whether we need anything ever other than food and a lean-to. I suppose a simple life has benefits but should we also get rid of medicines and just accept death more gracefully too?

It gets weird when you start talking about no longer making new MRIs or new medications. Would you accept an earlier death that was preventable as long as it's painless? Lots of physical goods go to medicine.