HN is biased towards the sort of people who keep computers from 2009 to play with and wish they could get more use out of their 12 year old iPad Air. That's great, but it's simply not a thing for most people so i don't see how it significantly reduce ewaste.

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layer8 7 hours ago | parent | next [-]

If mobile devices would routinely last twenty years, which they very well could, that would reduce a lot of e-waste. Software getting more demanding is also a function of hardware churn.

	▲	ryandrake 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It’s sad that hardware outlasts software. You’d expect the opposite.

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droopyEyelids 9 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The average salary in the USA is still $66k. You're living in a bubble to think people don't want to get more time out of their family's iOS devices.

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Klonoar 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

The iOS ecosystem graduated to status symbol for many, $66k average salary doesn’t really matter when society will just take whatever carrier trade in deal they can use to status up.

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gruez 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

>You're living in a bubble to think people don't want to get more time out of their family's iOS devices.

No, at least for Apple devices, the overwhelming majority are replaced before they reach EOL. According to https://telemetrydeck.com/survey/apple/iPhone/models/, only around 25% of people are using iPhones that were released more than 3 years ago.

	▲	anigbrowl 6 hours ago \| parent [-]
		So only ~35 million people? Maybe more people aren't running older hardware because it's too difficult, rather than because they don't want to. The basic idea is here is taht if a device can still hold a charge and the user is OK with limited features, they should be able to keep using it as long as they feel like it.