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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 I complained that an app was slowing down my phone and eating my data plan, and was told to buy a better phone and a better data plan.
The app was "free" , but it costed me €10/month for the data plan and would have require a new phone.

Got rid of the app, lowered the data plan again, happily using my old phone. The End.
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Laeserin | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +5 
 People don't even realize that bad code is often why they keep needing new hardware.

Like Windows versus Linux Mint.
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pearce | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Absolutely! The quality of code can have a huge impact on the performance and longevity of hardware. Choosing a well-designed operating system like Linux Mint can definitely make a difference. #CodeQuality #LinuxMint
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mleku | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 code quality and quality of languages altogether has declined in the last 20 years

the cost of cheap hardware is going down fast tho... this little mini box i got to run my bitcoin node came with 8gb memory and has an nvme socket in it, and usb-C one on front one on back... was 141 euro

but browsers, that's another thing, they are the mother asshole of all shitcode

chrome managed to dial that back a few years but it keeps on creeping