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comment by Grenadier
Grenadier  ·  3190 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Biodegradable Electronics, will it happen in the next 10 years?

If we demanded longer lifespans for our computing and gadget devices, we'd be implicitly agreeing to a slower pace of technology advances. I have to upgrade cpus and gpus every 2-4 years not because they're cheaply made and wear out, but because the newer ones are 40-50% more powerful than what I bought a short time ago and that's the hardware new programs will be developed for.