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

  • Montagge
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    421 year ago

    Apple does the same thing if you don’t already have those installed

    • My 2nd gen Apple TV is garbage. Nearly all the apps fail to load now. 🤷‍♂️… I suppose I can try jailbreaking it but it sure feels like someone is trying to force me to upgrade my hardware.

      • @meyotch@slrpnk.net
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        91 year ago

        That’s a product that hasn’t had an Apple update since 2014. What realistically do you expect hardware manufacturers to do with actually old hardware? Lose money supporting it forever? This is kind of the opposite case from the chromebooks.