alt Hacker NewsThanks for the explanation! Makes sense. Unreasonable? To me, no. Makes complete sense given the age. BUT it doesn't support, IMO, "Apple is the opposite of planned obsolescence". Yes, tech nerds can do tech nerd things to make it work...that's not a "plan".
I apologize if that came off harsh. I feel like your comment had a different angle/context than where I took it. Apologies if so.
Microsoft hate is easy to come by on HN (I get it), so I don't like seeing a Apple's coincidental victories magnified in one of the few areas Microsoft does well as a feature.
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adastra22 • yesterday at 12:56 PM
That’s not planned obsolescence. Your home network migrated to a new key exchange protocol that didn’t exist in 2011. That’s on you our your router manufacturer.
Things stopping to function perfectly because operating environment has changed drastically over a significant period of time is pretty much the polar opposite of planned obsolescence.
Even devices that don't suffer from planned obsolescence can and do become obsolete.