As an Android user, I completely agree with this statement but probably for different reasons.
Given most of the “upgrades” are AI bullshit I’ll gladly keep my POS phone, thanks
Last year’s ‘upgrade’ was a strip of titanium around the case. They seem to be running out of ideas. Definitely not worth the insane price tag.
They start to lock out old phones from new updates. We gave my grandma an old phone (an 8) but it only supports io16 so we can’t enable ‘senior mode’. Barely 7 year old device.
Barely 7 year old device
I mean yes, but also Android manufacturers are only NOW starting to catch up to Apple. Used to be you’d buy a flagship Android device and get 2 or 3 years. My Oneplus 7 Pro from 2019 (5 year old model) hasn’t gotten a new major Android version since 12 which came out 3 years ago. That was my last Android phone (for now - I might go back eventually) and now with iPhones, I’ll just give it to my mom when I get bored with it because she doesn’t have a huge budget and the phone will keep getting updates for years.
When it comes to iPhones, Apple has never been about planned obsolescence, or at least hasn’t been as bad as Android manufacturers. It’s the stupid ass users who judge people based on having older models. Luckily those types are a minority of Apple users, they’re just loud.
I think apple is doing some planned obsolescence with their software. I’m not sure exactly when, but I’ve been stuck on my current iOS version for more than a year. So 5-6 years of support? It’s not very long for a trillion dollar company to support one of their main product lines.
The bottom line for me is that I just don’t care about this area of tech. It anti-interesting to me. Handheld computer that can make calls, we’ve had them for 20 years now. Very cool, mostly unchanged. The screen is better. They still break when you drop them. There are a lot of apps now.
It should be criminal that so many laptops they sold the past few years have 8gb of ram.
All of those people will be looking to upgrade within a year, which is the plan…
Apple just can’t resist making ridiculous margins from their customers, even when their devices do allow for upgrades to the default configuration.
For instance, with a Mac Pro, you have to pay an extra $800 to go from 64gb to 128gb of memory. For $800, you could get about 384gb of ram in 64gb sticks from a different vendor.
I know it’s an unpopular opinion in these parts, but honestly, 8gb is often fine for the people who are buying entry level machines.
I use a 2014 Mac mini for work, which has 8gb of soldered RAM. For sure I’d increase it to 16gb if I could, but I honestly can’t say I have any issues with it. It’s running Sonoma via OCLP like a champ.
But yeah, what Apple charge for RAM is downright criminal.
Dude, “640k is enough for anyone.”
What’s the different between you shilling ram today and them shilling upgrades tomorrow ?
Does someone tie your shoes for you or are they Velcro?
Eh, the headline is the only good part of this satire article…I much prefer The Onion as their satire articles are way better!
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“Such is the scale of advancements we’ve made, that 2024 Tim Cook would walk up to 2023 Tim Cook holding a bit ‘L’ on his forehead before giving him an atomic wedgie for having such a crappy iphone.
I like the joke but this is so clumsily written.
Agreed! Might be better phrased as,
"We’ve made so many advancements that 2023 Tim Cook would look at 2024 Tim Cook utterly horrified at his own ineptitude, and look at a mirror while holding up a big L on his forehead before giving himself an atomic wedgie.
I’m not a fan of the whole “atomic wedgie” bit either, feels dated
Lol. Still trucking along on my iPhone X.
XS Max here, it’s insane how long these things last. I will be upgrading this year though, cuz my partner has a 64GB phone and needs way more space for cat pictures. I’d like 120hz and USB-C!
It’s a 900 dollar device
Most high-end phones are 900-1000$ nowadays anyway, so it really doesn’t matter much. It’s more of if you want Android or Ios.
Yeah I think the point i made badly, was that the new norm seems to be, if you get 5 years out of a $1000 device you think it’s good value .
I do agree that, getting 5 years out of a $1000 phone is stupid. But at the same time it’s the best we can do right now. Massive companies like Apple or Samsung are not gonna listen to us that much.
Same actually, and a refurb m1. That’s not to say apple doesn’t use predatory tactics, and hard agree with complaining about laptops sold with 8gb of ram. I use windows, Mac, and Linux daily, and for my devices I want to last and not worry about, I go apple.
While OSX is very memory efficient, it’s insane that my 2011 MacBook Pro has 16GB of RAM and you can buy a laptop with half of that 13 years later.
No it isnt
shoo
