Yep. Had to sort out 5 family members with new phones, myself included. Some models dating only to 2020.
Fathers GPS device for work (I don’t know the specifics) will require a $15,000 upgrade or $100k for the latest / brand new one according to him. He said he can live without it for now, so I guess it wasn’t that important or he only used it in certain instances.Â
Next year we have Windows 10 end of life with Windows 11 having requirements of an 8th Gen Intel CPU or Ryzen 2000 series, TPM etc. So there will be even more eWaste as an estimated 1 billion computers will be out of support.
So much eWaste and so much for caring about being “environmentally friendly” as these devices won’t all be recycled and just binned.
green-dog-gir on
Wow I’m glad I came across this, I honestly had no clue as to how bad this was.
Fuck me sounds like a shit show and if Telstra is involved we all know what they want and that would be piles of cash! This smells like Telstra is bulshiting the government to benefit from the shutdown!
feech-la-manna on
is it just me or does it seem we are being herded into using certain devices?
i also wonder if there is any link between this and the new digital id coming our way?
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Yep. Had to sort out 5 family members with new phones, myself included. Some models dating only to 2020.
Fathers GPS device for work (I don’t know the specifics) will require a $15,000 upgrade or $100k for the latest / brand new one according to him. He said he can live without it for now, so I guess it wasn’t that important or he only used it in certain instances.Â
Next year we have Windows 10 end of life with Windows 11 having requirements of an 8th Gen Intel CPU or Ryzen 2000 series, TPM etc. So there will be even more eWaste as an estimated 1 billion computers will be out of support.
So much eWaste and so much for caring about being “environmentally friendly” as these devices won’t all be recycled and just binned.
Wow I’m glad I came across this, I honestly had no clue as to how bad this was.
Fuck me sounds like a shit show and if Telstra is involved we all know what they want and that would be piles of cash! This smells like Telstra is bulshiting the government to benefit from the shutdown!
is it just me or does it seem we are being herded into using certain devices?
i also wonder if there is any link between this and the new digital id coming our way?