The only reaction I can think of to this massive non-sequitur of an article is "WTF?"
If you really care about forced obsolescence, refuse to upgrade and push back strongly whenever you can against the wildly wasteful web and its effective browser monopoly. Write and prefer native code. Add drivers for hardware that's "no longer supported". What does this have to do with Hackintoshing? No idea.
push back strongly whenever you can against the wildly wasteful web and its effective browser monopoly
What does that mean (like what should one do to actually follow what you're saying?) I hate how the web is progressing, but there's nothing I can do to stop it. I use the free-est browser I can use while still being able to access most stuff (Firefox), I use old computers (my newest machine is from 2018 which I just bought second-hand a few months ago), and I use open source OSes (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux).
Anyway, that person has already directly "refused to upgrade" by using existing hardware, so I'm not sure what you're actually criticizing. Hackintoshing happens to be the way they reached this goal, and they made a blog post about it. Nothing wrong with that.
Indeed, it makes no sense because some old hardware that might be ok with Linux or even Windows is probably not ok with macOS. This article even tells you to go buy an RX580, and that's not the half of it.
And since you mentioned wasteful web, medium.com is a prime example of that.
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The only reaction I can think of to this massive non-sequitur of an article is "WTF?"
If you really care about forced obsolescence, refuse to upgrade and push back strongly whenever you can against the wildly wasteful web and its effective browser monopoly. Write and prefer native code. Add drivers for hardware that's "no longer supported". What does this have to do with Hackintoshing? No idea.
What does that mean (like what should one do to actually follow what you're saying?) I hate how the web is progressing, but there's nothing I can do to stop it. I use the free-est browser I can use while still being able to access most stuff (Firefox), I use old computers (my newest machine is from 2018 which I just bought second-hand a few months ago), and I use open source OSes (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, Linux).
Anyway, that person has already directly "refused to upgrade" by using existing hardware, so I'm not sure what you're actually criticizing. Hackintoshing happens to be the way they reached this goal, and they made a blog post about it. Nothing wrong with that.
There's a flavor of virtue signaling about saving the environment using really old hardware.
Yes, but associating that with Hackintoshing is the weirdest part.
Indeed, it makes no sense because some old hardware that might be ok with Linux or even Windows is probably not ok with macOS. This article even tells you to go buy an RX580, and that's not the half of it.
And since you mentioned wasteful web, medium.com is a prime example of that.