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Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch (www.theverge.com)
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Apple will no longer fix the $17,000 gold Apple Watch::The original Apple Watch models, including the $10,000-plus 18-karat gold Edition that Beyoncé wore, are now officially obsolete and won’t get parts, repair, or replacement services.

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[–] weeeeum@lemmy.world 122 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The irony of building something so expensive, opulent and heirloom worthy around one of the most rapidly depreciating assets you can buy (technology)

[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean, a 17k$ (back then) workstation from the 90s would still be fine. People love their SGI and Sun machines.

Not sure how much they did cost back then, I was born in 1996, but you get the idea.

[–] SmoothIsFast@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And yet a $17k apple power Mac g5 today barely functions for YouTube

https://youtu.be/6SqYMU81l8Y?si=x9zrS6y27Gv4Mvby

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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Macs are not iconic.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)
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[–] vacuumflower@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

Oh, thank you for educating me.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean is at the end is a watch... at worst case the basic function will work. Although I admit that the battery is still a problem in this case. And that's even if you look at the hour and isn't just an accessory that you barely use it's function.

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Once the batteries of those things die (and they will die in short order) they are completely useless. Just small black bricks with a hint of gold on the outside.

[–] XTornado@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah with that I agree as I said.