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Datacenter rush will create ‘tsunami’ of discarded electronics, report says
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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I know what you mean, it makes me really wary to buy anything new because I know I'll have trouble getting rid of what it's replacing.
Luckily I've got some nephews that take a lot of hand-me-downs, but the breakneck speed of consumer electronics leads to some stuff becoming "obsolete" (read: harder to support) long before the hardware actually gives out.
I will typically not buy a new thing if I don't have a plan for the old one it replaced.