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Anon owns nothing and is unhappy (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] mycodesucks@lemmy.world 10 points 3 days ago (1 children)

That only works if you already own the hardware and/or the majority does NOT do that model. The moment most people jump on board, the cost of old hardware will skyrocket too.

[–] MousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Except even if the majority DOES adopt this model:

that will make repairing old hardware more profitable, so supply will rise to meet demand at least a bit (and is also objectively a good thing)
a lot of old hardware isn't compatible with Win11+ and unless Microsoft is visited by the Three Ghosts of Software or the long-anticipated Year Of The Linux Desktop arrives, so that's one moat you can take advantage of (I assume you, a Lemmy user, are more likely to try Linux than an average person would, or are using it already)
if the price still goes up, manufacturers will step in to take advantage
at some point, the new slop business model won't have enough customers to sustain itself