Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing the economy

bediger4000 · 2025-12-09T22:37:43 1765319863

If I need a personal laptop or server, I get refurbished. I've done that for years.

pmdulaney · 2025-12-09T22:13:59 1765318439

It's sort of a big Prisoner's Dilemma situation: What's best for me is for everyone else to be a spendthrift (for the sake of the economy) while I myself behave frugally and prudently.

ChrisArchitect · 2025-12-09T22:14:59 1765318499

Previously: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46037166

pickledonions49 · 2025-12-09T22:02:50 1765317770

I think this is bs, anyone care to share their thoughts?

measurablefunc · 2025-12-09T22:18:11 1765318691

I haven't bought a new phone or computer for more than 5 years now. I don't really feel like I'm missing out on anything.

smt88 · 2025-12-09T22:24:16 1765319056

My company will buy me a new phone and laptop every year if I want. My laptop is from 2022 and my phone from 2021.

They work fine. Any performance boost isn't worth setting up a new device.

delaminator · 2025-12-09T22:37:51 1765319871

Won't someone think of the economy? ! These people with perfectly serviceable devices a ruining it for everybody else.