It’s a sad day. My laptop is no longer with us. It’s gone on to a better home beyond. The battery has completed its mission here on Earth.
It’s that way with electronics. It’s ridiculous to spend boo-coos of money on them. Their lifespan compared to their price point doesn’t compute with me. Batteries go quicker than the blink of an eye.
It was an Apple laptop. I bought it off the refurbished goods shelf at half the price in 2018. It was a 2017 model. It survived a coffee spill of epic proportions, a child jumping on it and dropping from the shoulder height of a child on the arm of the couch.
Maybe it isn’t the battery’s fault.
Since we’re talking about electronics, I’ve been receiving emails trying to get me to upgrade. They’ll give me $700 off the new iPhone 14.
No. Why would I get a new phone when mine works perfectly?
Well, the battery is failing and won’t hold as much charge as it did when it was new.
So what.
I’d rather have this three-year-old phone that works like a charm than a new phone that works the same way.
But the 14 has a better camera, a larger screen, a better CPU, and can do more.
That’s what you said about this phone when it came out.
But things evolve. They get better.
Well, this one suits me fine. I don’t see any major differences. Are you trying to cause me to be dissatisfied with what I have and convince myself that I need a new phone so you make more money and so you can use my purchase to add to your data showing how more people bought the iPhone 14, thus causing your company to appear that more people want and enjoy your product?
Yes.
No, thank you. When this phone dies or is destroyed by crazy unforeseen circumstances, then I’ll buy the 14. But by then, you’ll have the 18 out, and you’ll be trying to get me to buy that one.
And as I did with my laptop, I’ll wait it out until the last few trickles of battery life are left. And I’ll mourn the fact that I have to spend hard-earned money on a depreciating 7.5-inch piece of metal, glass, and plastic.
to the modern age,
– Caleb
caneymountainblog.com 