[beamatronic]

Maybe a certain level of tech IS good enough.

A better world for people means education and healthcare, not a 1mm slimmer disposable phone.

[TrevorJ]

A phone from 3 years ago, running software from 4 years ago would be as fast as anyone would reasonably need, but it gets obsoleted via software bloat.

More frameworks, more layers of abstraction and no confining force that forces anyone to write software that isn't a bloated mess.

[peanuty1]

Newer chips are also more energy efficient (at least, at the same level of performance).

[KSteffensen]

Does that improved energy efficiency outweigh the energy costs of replacing perfectly capable existing chips?

[beamatronic]

Isn’t a recyclable, user-replaceable battery better for the environment in the long run?