It's not that extreme -- I had to get a new phone recently and it has 12 GB.
There is such a thing as reasonable upgrades and necessary replacements. But long-term FAANG software projects are built like sedimentary rock -- layers upon layers. This bloat has a real cost in performance but hardware upgrades help defer the problem and users pay for it.
dangus|10 months ago
An example of a more reasonable deprecation is 32-bit processors.
Another thing about old hardware is that especially in the case of phones and other mobile devices they get physically degraded and damaged.
mherkender|10 months ago
There is such a thing as reasonable upgrades and necessary replacements. But long-term FAANG software projects are built like sedimentary rock -- layers upon layers. This bloat has a real cost in performance but hardware upgrades help defer the problem and users pay for it.