{"id":44135,"date":"2014-08-04T10:08:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T16:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/when-stuff-thats-good-enough-is-a-problem.html"},"modified":"2014-08-06T18:34:34","modified_gmt":"2014-08-07T00:34:34","slug":"when-stuff-thats-good-enough-is-a-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2014\/08\/04\/when-stuff-thats-good-enough-is-a-problem.html","title":{"rendered":"When stuff that's good enough is a problem"},"content":{"rendered":"
For the industry that makes it, that is. \u00a0The same thing as described here was true for e-readers — suddenly everyone who was likely to get one had gotten one, and the only costs were for folks looking at incremental improvements and people replacing one they broke. It's hard to make that a major profit center.<\/p>\n

So, too, for tablets. We're looking to replace one we've had for three-odd years now, largely because Margie wants a bigger screen. But after that, we might go several years unless the industry tries to force obsolescence (applications only working on the latest-greatest operating system which is no longer being pushed out to older devices) — but that kind of shenanigans can lead to a backlash.<\/p>\n

For me as a consumer, that's not a big deal. It's like a land-line phone, or a TV set, or a car — most folk\u00a0buy one mostly when the old\u00a0stops working (or working as well), and less frequently to make an upgrade (in size\/quality), but not as a regular event.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This makes sense on a lot of levels. Once you've found a tablet that works for you why would you need to upgrade it every year or two? So long as it's still doing what you want\/need it to do in a reasonable amount of time you should keep it. Just as with a PC.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I have a cheapo Android tablet I've not touched in a while. Not even sure if it's charged at the moment. That said, I don't put a lot of apps on my phone either. Just the stuff I know I'm going to use regularly.\u00a0\ufeff<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Op-Ed: Tablets really are the new PCs; nobody needs to buy them any more<\/a>
\n There’s nothing new tablets can offer existing owners.\n <\/p>\n

View this post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the industry that makes it, that is. \u00a0The same thing as described here was true for e-readers — suddenly everyone who was likely to get one had gotten one, and the only costs were for folks looking at incremental improvements and people replacing one they broke. 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