I seen some youtube videos where people are buying old consoles, clean them up and maybe replace some parts and they can use them. My origin is from a poor family and my first 4 computers were old second hand ones - this is a double benefit, the computers/laptops did not become e-waste and a poor family/person can access expensive tech that in my case helped me find a job and finally afford buying new stuff for me and my child.
The big issue is when the mini computer inside your device is a small part of the device, like for example my parents TV is now showing all the time a red message in the corner because the software fails to validate something, the solution appears to be to have it re-flashed with an updated firware to remove those checks or replace the shitty un-essential component that is not used at all. So I am afraid that in future you will need to replace/repair your TV/fridge/car because a chip like the memory in it is one of the ones that "expire" (we had the case where Tesla cars SSD would get bad because of extreme logging)
It's great that you can repair old consoles / tech but I seriously doubt they were designed with durability in mind, and by that I mean I doubt they sacrificed performance for repairability. I belive that if they could make it 10% faster knowing it will break in 5 years instead of 10 they would have made it faster
Yes, I agree. So they used existing components/manufacturing so they inherited most of the time durability. Now imagine a chip that can consume itself, a infinite loop bug or some logging going wrong or maybe intentional sabotage can destroy your stuff with an update.
The big issue is when the mini computer inside your device is a small part of the device, like for example my parents TV is now showing all the time a red message in the corner because the software fails to validate something, the solution appears to be to have it re-flashed with an updated firware to remove those checks or replace the shitty un-essential component that is not used at all. So I am afraid that in future you will need to replace/repair your TV/fridge/car because a chip like the memory in it is one of the ones that "expire" (we had the case where Tesla cars SSD would get bad because of extreme logging)