/lit/ - Literature

>>16652000
This has to be satire, right?

fuck off

>>16652000
the tone of this article is truly fucking ridiculous. It's like, i dont even know, a coach or parent or authority figure berating you because you've been misbehaving for a while and they're setting you straight. What the actual fuck has made journalists write like this

>>16652010
It is.

>>16652000
So he's arguing for an option that 'makes more economic sense'. What are the steps he takes to make it an argument for one being a good or a bad person?

>>16652000
Should I also upgrade my PC even if I don't play new games?

>>16652022
It doesn't seem like satire but I admit I have a hard time telling what is satire lately
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2020/10/24/get-over-it-you-need-upgrade-your-phone-every-year-now-prove/3735464001/

>>16652010
i honestly cant tell

ive had my phone for 4 years now which is obviously cheaper than what they're suggesting. it only makes "more economic sense" if you would otherwise get a new phone every two years which nets you a lower resale value

>>16652000
>>16652010
>>16652011
Just dont buy the phone idiots, talk with your money
People I know really want now phones that have no access to the internet because they hate the orwellian idea of being watched and controlled with some State mandated apple store app because of a fucking chinese flu

I myself will buy a flip flop phone from nokia when i can find one

The obvious rightness of Kaczynski means it is confusing that hardly anyone will accept it.

>>16652024
economic sense for whom? Certainly not for my wallet

>>16652077
>People I know really want now phones that have no access to the internet because they hate the orwellian idea of being watched and controlled with some State mandated apple store app because of a fucking chinese flu
people who buy this joke of a conspiracy need to get a government job and see how incompetent and byzantine every single imaginable department is, all the way up to your intelligence services

>>16652057
Wow, you're right. I was almost certain it was satire. Journalists seem little more than affiliate marketers these days.

>>16652100
>people who buy this joke of a conspiracy need to get a government job and see how incompetent and byzantine every single imaginable department is, all the way up to your intelligence services
I know what im talking about you moron, i know government servants

>dumbass opinion piece proves dumbass conspiracy theorist right
okay sure, great thread

>>16652108
sure thing, NEET

>>16652100
>this joke of a conspiracy
Gigantic government agencies can both be bad at their jobs and collect enormous amounts of information from you

>>16652000
Hmm, I wonder if Apple or Samsung has been funding USA Today lately

>>16652133
>sure thing, NEET

>>16652000

The article raises some points about selling your phone back to the company you bought it from through some strange refund policy, which could make some economic sense if you are going to buy a new phone every two years, but still, this has to be satire right? Either that, or the author doesn't realize that not everybody is obsessed with their phone.

I had my last phone for 5 years without issues and only changed it because the battery died. I don't do anything with the new one that the old one couldn't have done. For many people upgrading every year or two years makes no sense.

>>16652203
At this point do they even really need to do? Consumer culture is so ingrained that it self-perpetuates. I wouldn't be surprised if the person who wrote that did it for free.

>>16652000
I don't own a cellular telephone. AMA