Comment by phendrenad2
Comment by phendrenad2 2 days ago
A cynical person (not me, not I, I'm not a cynical person) might think that this is the opening salvo in a campaign to "save" the US tech sector by getting rid of old hardware. See the comments in this very thread calling for a "cash for clunkers for old devices" or a "remote kill-switch" to disable them (!)
Right now you can go to eBay and buy a used PC for $200 that will do everything you need to do, including gaming. You can buy a 64GB iPhone X for $100, which will do everything a new phone will do (basically). Can you imagine the drain on the hardware sector in the US due to these old devices piling up? And the trend is only going to accelerate. If the powers that be aren't conspiring to "fix" this "issue", it's only a matter of time until they do.
I think hardware vendors have been allowed way too much freedom in trying to turn hardware into a subscription. The yearly release of new phone models isn’t helping either.