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How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020)

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Re: How and Why I Stopped Buying New Laptops (2020)

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I completely understand the author, at some point I also came to this thought. There’s something oddly liberating about not caring whether your computer is old anymore.

In general I really dislike the modern trend toward disposability. It's clear that companies profit from it but it's still sad. Why should we buy a new thing every time instead of repairing and improving the old one?

The only thing I don't agree with is using SD cards as the only storage medium. They break too easily