Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Upgrading Tech (part 2)


Thankfully, most companies give years of support to their old products—if they didn’t, those of us who don’t buy a new smartphone every year might become a little irate and would take our business elsewhere. Yet despite owning the same piece of technology for several years while new generations of that same technology are being paraded as sleeker and more desirable, our old technology is still in a state of flux. Almost all devices now find a way to insist on the installation of a nearly constant stream of updates, and often, we have no choice but to go along for the ride. If your device can access the internet, chances are it is auto-installing patches to “improve” functionality, with or sometimes even without your consent.

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