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Showerthought: A customer's comment about his old Schwinn made me question my whole approach to 'upgrades'
He said, 'You know, this bike was perfect for me before I let everyone tell me it needed new everything.' Has anyone else had a client push back on a standard service recommendation?
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wesley_grant331mo ago
Read an article the other day about how companies purposely make software bloated so you think you need new hardware. Makes you wonder how much of what we call "upgrading" is just fixing problems they created on purpose.
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wilson.emma3mo ago
Man that hits home. It's like my dad's old truck, runs fine but the mechanic always has a list of "critical" fixes. Or how phone updates just make things slower so you buy a new one. Feels like we're trained to see old or simple as broken. That customer was onto something.
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elizabeth_gonzalez3mo ago
My old laptop got so slow after updates I almost replaced it. Then I wiped it and installed a lightweight Linux distro, Zorin OS Lite. Thing runs faster than it did brand new now, and I saved like $800. Sometimes the fix is just removing the bloat.
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