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What are the worst tech purchases you or your family have ever made?

I watched a video recently and wanted to know what other have bought over the years.

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[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

His 2019 is still usable and getting security updates. ITts as usable as your computer. It’s that it can’t do one thing any longer, and that is to develop apps that the App Store will accept. You can criticize the decision to only allow supported models to submit apps, but don't mistake that for ewaste.

Your 9 year old computer; pretty good chance it doesn’t allow for Windows 11. That’s what we’re talking about here, the ability to install the newest operating system. If you’re content without the newest OS, both computers are perfectly fine.

[–] AllHailTheSheep@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"yes, they intentionally made it so a perfectly capable device can't build apps for the app store, but that has nothing to do with ewaste!"

no idea why you've spent so much time trying to convince people in this thread the behavior that apple has been openly criticized and indeed sued over is somehow ok.

[–] blitzen@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Because you and the other poster are making statements I feel are incorrect and worth refuting. And I most certainly reject the idea that the inability to submit App Store apps makes a computer e-waste.

You and the other poster are so blinded by hatred for Apple that you cannot separate reasonable (and warranted) critique from unreasonable.