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Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy (cnbc.com)

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The average American now holds onto their smartphone for 29 months, according to a recent survey by Reviews.org, and that cycle is getting longer. The average was around 22 months in 2016.

While squeezing as much life out of your device as possible may save money in the short run, especially amid widespread fears about the strength of the consumer and job market, it might cost the economy in the long run, especially when device hoarding occurs at the level of corporations.

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[–] twinnie@feddit.uk 19 points 1 week ago (12 children)

What a load of bullshit. Maybe I misread it but it says that German companies would be 101% more productive if they bought newer laptops and phones (American ones no doubt). They also claim that businesses are trying to use old hardware for modern workloads. Apparently a six year old laptop can’t handle Outlook and Word.

[–] 4am@lemmy.zip 25 points 1 week ago (5 children)

To be fair, current laptops don’t handle Outlook and Word very well.

It’s probably not the hardware that is the issue.

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 12 points 1 week ago (3 children)

You can't polish a turd ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] korthrun@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They used the dorodango technique to create dung spheres in order to bust the myth that one "can't polish a turd". Using a glossmeter, they measured gloss levels substantially higher than the value of 70 gloss units, which is considered "high gloss". Savage's 106-gloss unit dorodango used an ostrich's feces, while Hyneman's 183-gloss unit specimen used a lion's feces. They therefore deemed the myth "busted".

[–] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There goes my shit-credibility 😑

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 week ago

plenty of shit to go around, Randy.

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