I completely understand the author, at some point I also came to this thought. There’s something oddly liberating about not caring whether your computer is old anymore.

In general I really dislike the modern trend toward disposability. It's clear that companies profit from it but it's still sad. Why should we buy a new thing every time instead of repairing and improving the old one?

The only thing I don't agree with is using SD cards as the only storage medium. They break too easily

Buy premium SD card. Big dependency on a possible SPF depending how you4r 3-2-1 is going. I've only had total loss with SD. It's there until... it's not.