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1. Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 04:59:42 JST Pawlicker
   stagnation is real
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   • cool_boy_mew (coolboymew@shitposter.club)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 05:00:53 JST cool_boy_mew

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     @PurpCat so many problems
     
     -Upper managers kinda forcing this even if they don't understand hardware all that well
     -Users complaining about the slightest issue but they also have 3 quadrillion things open, they don't want any possible responsibility towards making it last and wants all the things open
     -IT workers being overworked and just don't have time to clean up computers are sell it themselves, it's a massive undertaking cleaning up the computer of data, testing, etc.
   • Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 05:02:01 JST Pawlicker

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     • cool_boy_mew
     @coolboymew this is why I love getting sick shit from ewaste and return auctions
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   • Pawlicker (purpcat@clubcyberia.co)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 05:42:32 JST Pawlicker

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     • cool_boy_mew
     • m0xEE
     @m0xEE @coolboymew With companies the trend is "off lease", they'll lease a bunch of computers and then when the warranty runs out it ends up on the market.
   • m0xEE (m0xee@breloma.m0xee.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 05:42:32 JST m0xEE

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     • cool_boy_mew
     @PurpCat @coolboymew
     A lot of the computers I have come from the companies I used to work for — written off equipment that still works fine. I remember it being problematic to auction them outside of company — they have also have to make sure it's impossible to extract any company data off those computers, most companies don't bother and just destroy old equipment (and pay for it!), selling to company's own employees for pennies always was a great option.
     This lease thing sounds amazing — basically it outsources the auctioning and solves the data retention issue, with less moving parts more companies are likely to adopt this.
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   • m0xEE (m0xee@breloma.m0xee.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Nov-2023 05:42:34 JST m0xEE

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     • cool_boy_mew
     @coolboymew @PurpCat
     Well, to some point it is justified for companies — not only because everyone's lazy and loves the latest-greatest. Three years is usually when the warranty runs out, this often means that the replacement parts might not be immediately available so repairs might take time, it also costs money as computer is no longer under warranty. What's the employee using this computer is doing while the service centre is waiting for the parts to arrive — he/she wastes time and that is also money.
     All in all, it's cost effective to only use equipment that is under warranty — why not just let the customers pay for extended warranty beyond three years is a different matter — I think this can be improved and I think we will eventually come to this.
     Planned obsolescence is still a thing, but I don't think it's as bad as it used to be with corporate shit moving to the cloud (this way they can have your money without selling new things to you). All of the computers I use are a decade old or even older and… they are perfectly usable. Hell, I'm even fine using my T43 from mid 2000s for the most part, or even its older brother — the T40. Sure, I can't run FF with only 512 Mbs RAM, but lightweight things work fine in surf.