The Economy Is Sputtering as People Keep Using Their Old Phones That Work Fine
Frank Landymore
created: Nov. 28, 2025, 2:45 p.m. | updated: Dec. 8, 2025, 2:45 p.m.
Do you really need to buy a new smartphone every year?
If you bought a decent one in the first place, chances are your smartphone is still doing a perfectly fine job.
Ditto for getting that latest tablet, or upgrading your gaming rig with slightly faster sticks of ludicrously overpriced RAM.
Have you considered that by being such a miserly hoarder, you’re actually hurting the entire economy, which demands constant consumption to flourish?
How much more juice do they really need with each generation?
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