On Fri, May 09, 2025 at 10:55:07PM -0400, Stefan Monnier wrote:
Clearly, there's a limit beyond which it doesn't make any sense any
more, but it usually makes sense to keep operating old electronic
devices as long as they can do their job. That usually means at least
10 years.
No need for any hypothetical world. As a first approximation, every
machine you don't buy is another machine which is not produced.
Regardless if that machine you don't buy is new or used.
In a world where most old electronics are sent to the dump, this is
entirely false. As a first approximation. You simply replace the newer
machine going to the dump with an older machine going to the dump. This
isn't a spherical cow.
