#devicehoarding

[eetschrijver@mastodon.social]

@GeriAQuin I mean, fuck them, right?

[ttown@mstdn.social]

@GeriAQuin
No. I'm not buying more shit I don't need just to keep capitalism alive. No. Won't do it.

[asprinkleofsage@mastodon.social]

@GeriAQuin there comes a point where you squeeze workers of all non essential spending power and then, what a shock, a whole load of non essential industries suffer. top notch capitalisming, guys

[faithinbones@mastodon.social]

@GeriAQuin I'm not buying the latest greatest just because the mega wealthy want more money. If my phone works then that's fine

[ralph@hear-me.social]

@GeriAQuin

#alttext

CNBC https://www.cnbc.com
THE RESISTANCE.
How device hoarding by Americans is costing economy. 2 days ago. Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and ...
Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus.
Using a device that still works is called "device hoarding" by the capitalists. These people are truly insane.
MC Squared @mcsquared34-18h
No CNBC, it's not device hoarding it's -MY PHONE STILL WORKS FINE AND I'M NOT GOING TO SPEND $1500 FOR A SLIGHTLY BETTER CAMERA AND AN AI FEATURE THAT I'LL EVENTUALLY DISABLE.

[mike805@noc.social]

@Ralph @GeriAQuin In many cases the new device is actively worse than the old device.

I have a Pixel 9. It has a SIM slot. I could buy a Pixel 10, but it does not have a SIM slot. I would be back to carrier captivity so I didn't do that.

I have a 2007 Acura. It has a self-contained navigation system. I test drove a 2025 Accord. It has a cloud based nav with a tracking device I cannot turn off. And a monthly fee. I did not buy it.

Antifeatures. That's why we're hoarding.

[stephan@them.cheeky.wales]

@GeriAQuin@mstdn.social ​​

[cratermoon@zirk.us]

@GeriAQuin

[adaliabooks@ohai.social]

@ASprinkleofSage @GeriAQuin

This is the thing, apart from the points others have made about not needing to replace things actually being a positive, what the current batch of capitalists don't seem to realise is that people need to have money to spend to keep the whole capitalist edifice going and there are only so many people you can fire and benefits you can cut or keep suppressed before it all starts to fall apart.

[ckd@mas.to]

@GeriAQuin
Insane...

[ianbobmorris@mastodon.social]

@GeriAQuin if you don't want me to keep using my ipod then sell me a new one, i only have so much money @cstross

[thenovemberman@bookstodon.com]

@GeriAQuin

[hannahclover@mastodon.social]

@mike805 @Ralph @GeriAQuin yeah, anti-features is also why I haven't bothered to buy a new video game console in years. My old ones work just fine and have plenty of worthy games that don't require subscriptions or wifi or have microtransactions.

[jamesb192@fosstodon.org]

@GeriAQuin didn't read. The phablet I have works, is paid off, and post-EOL probably mitigating the eye spork in what, three months?

[serebit@floss.social]

@GeriAQuin oh yeah the poor economy

[anne_delong@musician.social]

@FaithinBones @GeriAQuin

Calling it device hoarding is a way to make sensible consumers feel bad when they are cutting down on e-waste and saving money.

Real device hoarding is buying a new phone every few months and not selling or donating the perfectly good older ones so that they can be used by others who are don't need the latest features.

#phones

[faithinbones@mastodon.social]

@Anne_Delong @GeriAQuin I agree

[angusm@mastodon.social]

@GeriAQuin @cstross

Device hoarding: You, selfishly refusing to buy the latest model iPhone every year.

NOT device hoarding: AI techbros buying up every single computer component larger than a #6-32 UNC screw for use in their data centers.

#devicehoarding

[geos@toot.community]

@GeriAQuin
What a psychpath I am; I put Linux on things and extend their useful life indefinitely.

[elliseclipse@pixel.tchncs.de]

crazy. But it kind of reminds me of how even such a capitalistic, uh, way of ridiculousness is affecting, uh, tech companies that are truly trying to be good. Fairphone is, I believe, in New Zealand, or, uh, somewhere in Europe. But I know that, uh, their biggest, uh, market is, uh, in Europe. And they recycle, uh, old minerals or old tech parts, and, uh, refurbish them into, uh, phone parts for their modular style of their phones and headsets. Um, they are rated climate neutral, and... I like them. Uh, I like the idea that there is, they were, uh, making old parts for their old phones, uh, version 1, 2, 3, 4. Uh, but ever since they released version 6, they have silently gone rid of anyone that is, uh, making those parts. Uh, whether themselves or, um, supporting outsourced, uh, vendors, and only promoted their latest version, which I believe is 700 to 800 dollars USD, and, uh, pounds. It's the same number in pounds. So, instead of the motto of it being a fair phone, whatever version you have, there will always be parts for it. So, you'll always have the ability to repair it and keep your phone until you're personally ready to move on. Has now been turned into the latest version is out. Buy it now, repair it, and then we make another version and repeat the process.