Sustainable products are not profitable products. Look at what happened to Tupperware.
aks69cw@feddit.nl 5 weeks ago
Always wandering why it isn’ t possible for Microsoft to maintain their version and update all along. Linux can do it, Android can do it. I’ m not sure about Apple. I switched to Linux years ago and I’m still most satisfied about my choice. My current laptop is from 2009 and can still go on for years. That is what you call sustainability
suaroof@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
rottingleaf@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If there’s no IP barrier, the products can come back when the demand is back.
Which is one of the reasons I’m against copyright and of course reverse-engineering and modding and emulation being legally suppressed.
Say, one can easily understand how 90s’ era of good old software and hardware ended. Modern business models there are more profitable. But those models lead to degeneracy, and they wouldn’t be competitive if the old things were competitive for longer, and the old things would be if not for copyright. More paths is always better.
aks69cw@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
True. But the real problem is that we want too much profit and the companies are getting to big. My guess is that if the tax plans are changed and we settle for less money, it will be much better for many things. It should be added that prices would then also have to be much lower
Weirdfish@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Android doesnt, my S8 can no longer be updated and many apps are beginning to no be supported. I love this phone, all the new ones are way too big.
gens@programming.dev 5 weeks ago
Lineageos. I’m like 1 android version behind latest on s9.
aks69cw@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
It depends. When using Samsung then you on;ly get updates for the first two years. I’ ve run a Fairphone and I received updates for 4 years.
lemmysarius@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
But then the People wouldnt pay for it over and over again?
People are way less willing to pay for updates than for whole new versions.
Apple and companies using Android are selling hardware, not software like Microsoft.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
They make most of their money from pro licenses and telemety data anyway, I’m sure.
KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Pay for windows?
aks69cw@feddit.nl 4 weeks ago
Updates should be incorparated in the subscription of your software. True that Apple and companies using Android are selling hardware. But Microsoft is also selling hardware. At my work we use Microsoft Surface laptops and my son in law has a X-Box. They even start selling advertisements.