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Posted on 06/20/2026 12:50:15 PM PDT by powerset
Still Works -- Not Supported
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I have hand tools that will not expire for a long time. People won’t know how to use them, but they will still be here.
Every technology-based device begins its trek toward obsolescence when it hits the drawing board. Software based products have the shortest life span.
My main phone is an iPhone 7. If there is an app that isn’t supported, I use the Brave browser to do it instead. If there is no browser version, and there is no desktop version, I do without.
My 15 year old Color LaserJet 1518ni still works great. It does well on toner refills not from HP, too.
I have found it hard to find full tower cases with more than one open 5 1/4” enclosure, not just for DVD/Blu-Ray/CD, but also for removeable hard drives.
But boy, are there a LOT of combinations of USB and HDMI/Displayport connectors. Worse than SCSI (but not as thick).
Why is the first one: 1. OS Support Windows
When it is about android and apple? Did I miss something? or are they just trying to bash windows which has the longest support model of the three?
I just knew I should opened a cabinet shop. ;-D
Well yeah. Can’t support everything forever. Should IBM still be making replacement parts for he PC Jr?
Yes, same as making punched cards. ;-D
It’s bad enough for the pc world, where it’s really damaging is vehicles.
E.g.,
1) you have the earliest model year vehicle with a back up camera.
2) relatively recently, backup cameras were regulated as mandatory. if your car doesn’t have one, it doesn’t have to add one, but if it already does, it must work at a time of inspection.
3) So if your cameras busted and no one can fix it, you will not be able to register/tag to drive that car if:
a) you move to a different state
b) your state has an mandatory annual inspection.
So you will be forced to toss a perfectly good car (sans camera) for no good reason.
If you depend on that car for transportation, you’ll have to buy another.
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Amazon has blocked downloads to my otherwise fully functional Kindle Fire. Sideloading should still work to bring me material from non-Amazon sources. My even older E-Reader still works if I don’t connect it to WiFi and sideload from a computer.
That is either an obtuse headline then or willingly misleading.
As long as my 1911 doesn’t expire, I am good.
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