[dikkechill]

I agree, you have a good point with respect to a large amount of older hardware and I do not have a solution for that problem. What I can say is that I try to buy hardware which has support for open source software and has a community around it. So far this helped me to extend the life of these devices, as it does not depend on the vendor alone.

I'm not really sure how to interpret your 'Awesome!'. If it was meant snarky and if you're willing to, please have a look at the HN guidelines for comments [1]. We can then improve the quality of the discussion.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

[reaperducer]

I'm not really sure how to interpret your 'Awesome!'. If it was meant snarky and if you're willing to, please have a look at the HN guidelines for comments [1]. We can then improve the quality of the discussion.

You're right. I'm sorry about that. Sometimes I forget which web site I'm posting on.

[dikkechill]

Thank you, I appreciate that!

Actually, thinking a bit longer about the problem, the issue in my mind is that vendors/producers do not have an incentive to update software if you only pay for the hardware once. For them it's just a cost. It's more interesting to sell more hardware. My strategy as consumer is to go to open source for such devices. But perhaps there are better strategies.

I'm aware of Cisco having a model to pay for software updates, but this is mainly for business clients. Does anyone know other vendors that have business models, that create incentives for updating devices? Perhaps even for consumers?

I remember that in the past MacOS updates had to be purchased, but this no longer seems to be the case. Is there actually a consumer market for such business models, where hardware and (paid) software are tied together for a longer life cycle?

[oh_sigh]

Is that snark or is it just somewhat obvious sarcasm? Occasional usage of sarcasm, hyperbole, facetiousness, does not diminish the quality of a discussion.