![]() ![]() The mere act of playing a vinyl records damages it. ![]() Settings can loosen and stones can fall out. Many popular stones are actually quite easily damaged. Wedding rings need to be cleaned, and some common materials like rose and white gold are not finishes that last forever. Sure, the smartphone distribution model means that old applications aren’t as resilient as WIN32 apps, but that doesn’t automatically mean that the current model isn’t acceptably durable. Is my tax software from 1999 going to have any functional purpose? Will I be able to get a job as a graphic designer anymore if my tools support 256 colors? If someone else made a better PDF than Acrobat Reader 1.0 would I have any desire to use the copy I already own?Īnother analogy: if I could be given a brand new classic car but it needed leaded gasoline and got 10 MPG, is the fact that it lasted a lifetime relevant to me for the purposes of daily driving?īasically, what I’m saying is that “surviving” and “maintaining value” are different things, and that putting things into the buckets of of “consumable” and “durable” good is a little too binary compared to the real world. Sure, the advent of digital technology should mean data doesn’t suffer from the woes of the physical realm, but that’s not even really half of the discussion.Įven those old boxed pieces of software, simply getting them to run usually isn’t always helpful. In the case of textbooks and other non-fiction, information itself can become outdated. Book pages get sun and moisture damage, wear from use, discs rot, vinyls get damaged just by being played. Water heater every 10 years, roof every 20, hardwood refinishing as needed, paint, GFCIs wear out, every type of appliance and HVAC item, repairing drywall, caulking bathrooms, and the list goes on and on. They absolutely crumble without constant maintenance. I’m not saying there aren’t any products that last a lifetime, but it’s a lot less common than most people think.
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