When I was whinging last week about the death of my fleet of computers, I neglected to mention Marilyn’s iPad mini. She’s had it for ages and it has been successfully operating as a reader for the last couple of years. We don’t read many ‘real’ books nowadays, preferring to download ebooks or borrow electronic copies from the library. We've retired our original ebook readers and I now use a Samsung A5 Tab which Jamie received as a 'freebie' when he bought something and Marilyn relies on the vintage iPad mini which she's had for a while.This arrangement might have continued, until we were caught out by Apple’s policy of withdrawing support for older models. This is, in effect, forced redundancy.
Without the ability to upgrade older models, the workability disappears. The other day, when I tried to load some new downloaded books on to the iPad, it advised me that I needed to upgrade the operating system. When I went to the Apple site to do just that, I was confronted with the statement that they no longer support this model: in effect, don’t be a cheapskate, buy a new one.
What can you do? I bought a new one, but I made it a Windows model (another Samsung Tab) rather than an Apple. Why should I reward their anti-social behaviour?
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