Huh?
Just as I thought. YOu like to choose and pick only those situations which suits YOU. If others have a problem, you don't care - they should just update and stop talking. But god forbid you should have a problem, all of the sudden "This is a completely different situation, we are talking about a different kind of product, and most importantly now I'M inconvenienced".
But to put it shortly some people accept anything that is given to them without question, because if it's new it must be better, those making the updates cannot fail and you should never question stuff.
While others would like to choose and personalize their stuff and also think that some new things are better, while others are not. As simple as that.
You compared a house to a consumer electronic.
Try something else, say, a TV or a radio or speakers. Something that's comparable, as I'm pretty sure being forced to "upgrade" your home has a drastically different effect than your phone not working as you'd hoped.
If I had speakers that didn't work well with existing, faster software, I'd either never buy from that company again or just upgrade. That's just the way tech works, sorry if you don't like it.
It has nothing to do with wanting to always have the newest and greatest, but if you can while not creating much waste (I sell my old iPhones to people on Craigslist so they can use them with pre-paid or non-contract phone plans), why the hell not?
I win, the person who bought my phone wins, and the company that makes the products I like win.
I get that you want your tech to last forever or at least as long as you personally deem necessary, but you don't have that control because you didn't make the product, so either stop buying consumer electronics or accept this is how things are and save your energy for more important arguments.
And seriously, a consumer electronic to a house? Really?
