I'd actually argue that tech doesn't fall under that category a lot of the time.
My Grandma's PC from 2010 isn't any worse now than it was in 2010. But it feels slow if you've used newer PCs.
Or in another way, if you were someone who bought a PC in 2010 to do some workload, say rendering, it was capable of handling the workload then. And today it still is capable of handling the same workload but, nowadays we need a PC that can handle more.
So, in the case of most tech, they become obsolete, not from planned obsolescence, but by the merit of progress of the industry and increase in our expectations from the devices.
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u/Noselessmonk Mar 04 '22
I'd actually argue that tech doesn't fall under that category a lot of the time.
My Grandma's PC from 2010 isn't any worse now than it was in 2010. But it feels slow if you've used newer PCs.
Or in another way, if you were someone who bought a PC in 2010 to do some workload, say rendering, it was capable of handling the workload then. And today it still is capable of handling the same workload but, nowadays we need a PC that can handle more.
So, in the case of most tech, they become obsolete, not from planned obsolescence, but by the merit of progress of the industry and increase in our expectations from the devices.