Originally Posted by
TransitBiker
I do not equate innovation & progress in new models of things with the old ones being useless. Sure, there's the marketing angle to sell sell sell, but soon you'll have mobile devices that do everything from the cloud including run apps & shoot video. To afford all that fancy stuff the companies involved like apple need to make a profit..... You'll find this is true with lots of bike manufacturers & brands as well, and just because some things are put in a planned obsolescence cycle doesn't mean everything they make is disposable.... This is called long term strategy, and its how things tend to evolve into better things. No need to be bitter about it!
- Andy
I'll admit to old and sour, but not bitter . . . yet.
Maybe it's just my bad luck, but advancements in technology and "making a profit" seem to have come at the cost of durability and longevity.
My first TV lasted 20 years (and was still working when I gave it away), my second TV lasted 9 and now the third is 4 years old and acting up.
Every piece of my Hi-Fi equipment from the late 1970s and early 1980s still works great, but I'm on my 4th or 5th CD player with probably 2 or 3 DVD players in there too.
Our first refrigerator was bought by my grandmother in 1972, she gave it to us in 1995. We bought a new fridge in 1998 and moved the 1972 fridge to the basement to use as a beer fridge. The "new 1998" fridge died in 2008. Our "new 2008" fridge needed recent repair for a few hundred dollars. The 1972 fridge is still working perfectly.
The list goes on and on, but I've derailed the thread enough already.
Newer is not better.