I couldn't agree with this article more. We need people like Andy Rooney to remind us that technology is supposed to serve us, not the other way around.
For some reason, this article reminded me of one of my favorite Douglas Adams quotes:
"Technology is a word that describes something that doesn't work yet."
Andy Rooney sometimes offers solutions.
I hated the article and though it was stupid until I read the last paragraph.
I'm the pedantic engineer who'll tell you that if you don't like "planned obsolesce" (angry words for advancement of technology?) , you'd still be working with computers the size of rooms. If you don't like passwords, use keypass, or good luck doing your banking on a typewriter.
AAAnd then, the author makes a BIG BIG stretch tying it in with Jobs... come on, I love apple, but the Steve Jobs dick sucking has got to stop. He's not a god, and he didn't do it all by himself.
I for one would love to go all "Lewis Black" on both Rooney, and the clown that wrote that article.
People who don't like planned obsolescence when it comes to computing don't understand Moore's law. On the other hand, there is planned obsolescence in stuff like tennis shoes that makes less sense to me. I have to buy new tennis shoes every few months. And why do they call them tennis shoes? Most people these days don't play tennis. My feet stopped growing years ago. I have an uncle whose shoes seem to last forever. He's 65, I'm 28 and most of his shoes are older than me!