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swat535today at 7:09 PM2 repliesview on HN

I don't see the point for consumers. Perhaps a minority will buy a new model every year but many people keep their devices for years to come.

Companies that require frequent hardware refreshes would benefit from this, though Apple already had has programs for those.


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criddelltoday at 8:44 PM

> I don't see the point for consumers.

Isn't it this:

>> His calculation was that it was about the same price as keeping one Mac and upgrading every 5 years.

Aurornistoday at 8:02 PM

> Perhaps a minority will buy a new model every year

It’s not just a 1 year program.

The comment you replied to had numbers for the 4 year option.