I had a problem once when my laptop display was just black after booting. Triend everything, nothing worked. Return to OEM authorized support. They had my laptop for 4 weeks, so solution. Then just refunded the full price & retuned back the laptop.
Ubuntu LTS since then & no sick or weird issues since.
There is a novel by Stephen King “Under the Dome”. A tv series also was made with similar name.
I am with you.
Interesting But what fun is it if not being challenged intellectually after all these years? People obviously want to “level up” gradually into other roles with various tasks.
An important change is happening in many industries/ markets. To make devices easy to repair & enable OS updates many more years for long term use.
If you stand there at the store with this year’s iPhone; take the full price divided by how many years you plan to own/ use it. Then you realize it’s actually relatively cheap.
Each year new products & models are launching, so that those in need of it can aquire them. These companies are delivering OS updates for these smartphones so they last longer as realistically possible.
If when yours is broken or far too old, then you should consider aquiring this year’s model. So that you can use something that is compatible with studies, work, activities etc.
Obviously each individual/ family/ organization does their own analysis regarding if there is a need or desire to aquire said products. Also what for.
City Skylines is where i learned plentiful with so much fun. Soon City Skylines 2 will be released with even more enhancement/ improvements.
Also browsing the web with the uBlock Origin installed, will signifiy improve the speed. Meanwhile protect you from various bad stuff, adds being nonexistent. :)
Check this app & also tick all the boxes within its Settings.
Few times a week i do some editing or writing comments within OpenStreetMap. I see the whole task as a game, results being implemented & used for people in need. Good feelings afterwards.
Focus on your neighborhood & community, as it continues to change, if you want to participate. Few weeks later changes are implemented into Organic Maps as example.
People here in the Lemmy website/ community should focus their efforts on quality of the content.
As time goes on, various issues gradually goes away with incremental improvements. Anything from code, UI, features & function.
Let’s utilize lean methodology here. Starting with the 3S; Sweap, Sort & Standardize. :)