Whenever I buy a console I'm super aware I have maybe 5 years of using it before I'm forced to upgrade to the next console. It's even worse with phones. I wonder how many of these devices (or realistically, new features existing devices) are held back on purpose to justify a new phone every year.
What is the current rate of technological advancement if we discount capitalism creating a culture where businesses don't put out their best product always, and innovation is not innovation for the sake of itself, or to make people's lives easier, but a tool used to beat out the other guy and keep making money off of people every year?
yeah, so happy about where my labor goes 😢
Hey, I work for a government contractor which basically means the state gets overcharged for my labour, and middlemen take a cut and pay off their shareholders. And my job's Brexit-related so I get to see the absolute shitshow from up close, plus constantly changing requirements and deadlines due to negotiations being a flaming pile of shit (mostly from the UK side).