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How are you being frugal with technology? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by ThirdNerd@lemmy.world to c/frugal@lemmy.world

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For example, I only buy/use old high-end (for their day) business class laptops and put linux on them. They work for everything I need to write and surf.

I also bought an iPhone that was already a few years old and plan to keep it until it stops getting security updates from Apple. I also moved from Android to Apple not because I like iPhones better (I don't, really), but because the years of security updates (versus maybe one or two, on Android) matters to me.

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[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I do buy new tech occasionally but use it for a very long time. For example I bought the iPhone X when it was new, but am still using it and have no issues so no need to replace or upgrade it. I also built a Computer about a decade ago that I only just some months ago replaced with a new build, which I also plan to use for a long time (with the occasional opportune upgrade of course).

Besides that, I generally use my things until they break not just until they are no longer current gen tech. Most stuff works just fine even years later.

[–] Phlogiston@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

The screen on my X just cracked and we’re hoping it holds together long enough to get the new usb-c model. Since we plan on keeping it that long again I’d like to get everything to the same cable.