Don't forget that these owners will be first in line to complain about high gas prices.

I have no idea why this is fun for people. I have one of those giant trucks for pulling my horse trailer. The truck is so fucking hard drive around in traffic. I hate having to commute in it. It is impossible to park at the store. I would never own it if I didn't have to.

Mine's a 2004 F150 and looks like trash. :) I like it that way.

Exactly. I use this thing all the time, every damn day.

I consider myself pretty frugal, but it’s a no brainer to budget $1/day so I can get a nice phone every few years.

I feel a similar way. My original comment was about people who get a new phone every year because they want the latest thing just because it's fancy and new, and how it's entirely possible (and much more financially logical) to use your current device until it no longer serves your needs. I however neglected to mention the people in the middle, which is where you, I, and many others currently sit. We are in the fortunate position to be able to buy a new phone every few years because we want to, not because we're under the impression that we need to.

This is arguably the best position to be in, but I may be biased :)

With all my phones the battery and system just start going weird around the 3 year mark. That’s usually when I get a new one.

I feel like Apple is easier for people who aren't tech-literate, but actually way harder than Windows/Android for those that are.

I'm one of those millennials who grew up with computers and feels pretty comfortable with technology. I had a near breakdown one night in college when I was in the computer lab trying to edit a video for a project that was due the next day (language class, not tech-related). The file wasn't exporting correctly and the help staff had gone home for the day so I had to troubleshoot the issue on my own. I was using an Apple computer despite being way more familiar with Windows because it was the only computer with the video editing software I needed installed. I thought perhaps the problem was there wasn't enough space on the hard drive for the file to export (this was back when all but the most souped-up hard drives had pathetic capacity). It was late at night so there were no help staff available, and I'm about to lose my shit because after twenty minutes of searching I cannot for the life of me figure out how to look up the remaining space available on the hard drive (or any useful info on the hard drive for that matter). Somehow even my typically sharp Google-fu was completely failing me. I don't even know how many times I instinctually tried right-clicking on that stupid Apple mouse just to be like, oh right, Apple doesn't even trust their users to have both a left AND right-click button. A few years later I got an iPhone because Android wasn't a thing yet in the country where I was living (or my provider didn't support it, I don't quite remember). It felt like the same situation: what I had access to was easy, but trying to break past the dummy-proofing to do any advanced customization was basically impossible. Frustratingly the thing also started crapping out on me after less than three years, so I replaced it with an android and never looked back.

Epilogue: I'm now a Linux user

In fairness to Apple that is good design. Computers including phones should be intuitive and easy to use, but also accessible to more experienced users.

The keeping up with Jones stuff with apple though is really bad. Like kids going off the university getting premium Mac books when they could save money and get a generic windows lap top. Or the seemingly ubiquitous purchase of earpods - an expensive way to purchase earphones when there are so many cheaper alternatives, not least the dirt cheap 3.5mm wired earphones that phone manufacturers are trying to obliterate.

The resulting lights display is great, but the carbon footprint and the bad blood between neighbors is not.

You might want to go and check in on them?

Interesting! What is the non-translated French term?

If you want to get next level green, plant a nitrogen fixing plant, like clover. It won't directly enrich the soil as it'll only fix as much nitrogen as it can use itself, but when you mow your lawn and the clover bits biodegrade, that'll increase your soil's bioavailable nitrogen content. Decades ago in the UK, it was considered a source of pride to have some clover in your lawn.