• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    19 hours ago

    9.5 years is ancient in smart home devices.

    Note to self. Don’t buy smart devices. 9.5 years is like a sneeze to me. I still have a Nintendo NES from the late 1980s still in working order. I mean, I modded the video out, and replaced the pin connector. But it works.

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      9 hours ago

      Except for a fairly tiny niche community of users still using them for nostalgia reasons, the NES is absolutely also ancient and obsolete in every way and has been for several decades.

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        9 hours ago

        Is it? It still works while so-called newer/better technology goes to the landfill within years.

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          9 hours ago

          Yes it is, because the HW is completely unnecessary, you can emulate it perfectly on a potato. It only serves a nostalgic purpose, which is also fine, but in all other aspects it is completely obsolete.

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            42 minutes ago

            emulate it perfectly

            This is a far stronger claim than any of the developers for these emulators claim.