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General premise though.
Many of us buy technologies that are what we find the best at the time (for the budget) but however long down the line and there is better stuff out there, however because of accessories, software, incompatibility with other workflows and so forth the idea of swapping becomes hard.
What then do you have that were you coming in cold today from nothing you would pick differently?
Common ones around here I imagine will be phones. Did you go IOS but now because of years of paid software don't want to swap to Android? Or maybe you went the other way and long to be a filthy mac user for a home computer/laptop.
Another might be tools. Everybody seems to have gone battery powered/cordless in recent years for a lot of things, including trades I never expected (I seriously met mechanics that barely use air line gear which is unheard of really). Of course every company does their own mutually incompatible batteries and chargers for them. That then sees some buy into one brand for everything even if they would otherwise mix and match. Personally I have been delighted to get everybody's now old and "useless" corded or air line tools for nothing.
Did you train yourself on a software you wish you hadn't or had picked another for?
Do you have a kitchen appliance that is built in and bothers you accordingly?
With some caveats a computer is basically its motherboard. Replace that and you replaced the computer. Did your last motherboard limit you to certain hardware? Did you screen limit you to something or cause some wallet pain come upgrade time?
Car is car is car but there are things that might change that, especially if you work on them yourself.
Do you regret buying a given game console and wish you had gone for another but now also have a stack of games for the first one?
For myself. I don't really have anything. I tend to roll with whatever scraps I find or buy cheaply, and pretty much all software I use is open source or free, which makes things hard for some of the ways above but nothing I have any great investment in. Part of that is a deliberate choice though to avoid the being locked in issue.
General premise though.
Many of us buy technologies that are what we find the best at the time (for the budget) but however long down the line and there is better stuff out there, however because of accessories, software, incompatibility with other workflows and so forth the idea of swapping becomes hard.
What then do you have that were you coming in cold today from nothing you would pick differently?
Common ones around here I imagine will be phones. Did you go IOS but now because of years of paid software don't want to swap to Android? Or maybe you went the other way and long to be a filthy mac user for a home computer/laptop.
Another might be tools. Everybody seems to have gone battery powered/cordless in recent years for a lot of things, including trades I never expected (I seriously met mechanics that barely use air line gear which is unheard of really). Of course every company does their own mutually incompatible batteries and chargers for them. That then sees some buy into one brand for everything even if they would otherwise mix and match. Personally I have been delighted to get everybody's now old and "useless" corded or air line tools for nothing.
Did you train yourself on a software you wish you hadn't or had picked another for?
Do you have a kitchen appliance that is built in and bothers you accordingly?
With some caveats a computer is basically its motherboard. Replace that and you replaced the computer. Did your last motherboard limit you to certain hardware? Did you screen limit you to something or cause some wallet pain come upgrade time?
Car is car is car but there are things that might change that, especially if you work on them yourself.
Do you regret buying a given game console and wish you had gone for another but now also have a stack of games for the first one?
For myself. I don't really have anything. I tend to roll with whatever scraps I find or buy cheaply, and pretty much all software I use is open source or free, which makes things hard for some of the ways above but nothing I have any great investment in. Part of that is a deliberate choice though to avoid the being locked in issue.