who needs free software or getting rid of planned obsolescence?

  • Yiazmat@lemmygrad.ml
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    10 months ago

    I’d expect the same out of a machine I might potentially have to, say, deliver a pregnant wife to the hospital in.

    lol first thing I thought of too. I’ve been in emergency situations where I needed to get to a hospital immediately and if my car did this I’d be fucking livid. As dangerous as motorcycles are at least I know that mine will never fail a software update or some shit, and if it doesn’t start I can just bump start it to get it going and then figure out what’s wrong later.

    I’m no luddite but there’s beauty in a machine that’s designed to be as simple to operate and maintain as possible

    • M68040 [they/them]@hexbear.net
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      10 months ago

      Yeah, for something like a car I need a certain amount of reliability - We’re looking at something that could potentially turn into a 20 year life cycle. (Never owned one less than ten years old at time of acquisition, anyhow)