The other thing to note is that hardware is still continuing to get faster and bigger (although that's slowed down a little most recently), while people are slowly being able to do less with new software that consumes more resources than their predecessors. "Do less with more"?
I think we've reached the point where computers have become much more than powerful enough for a lot of the common tasks people use them for. The rest is just marketing with an aggressive "newer is better" campaign.
IMHO "forced deprecation" is nearly never a good thing. Change in software (and hardware) should be an evolution, not a revolution. Fix bugs and add features, don't take away what was there before. I think a lot more people value stability over "latest fashion" than what companies and the like would want you to think, so they can keep you consuming.
I think we've reached the point where computers have become much more than powerful enough for a lot of the common tasks people use them for. The rest is just marketing with an aggressive "newer is better" campaign.
IMHO "forced deprecation" is nearly never a good thing. Change in software (and hardware) should be an evolution, not a revolution. Fix bugs and add features, don't take away what was there before. I think a lot more people value stability over "latest fashion" than what companies and the like would want you to think, so they can keep you consuming.