I think the world should reorganize and rethink a bit, and maybe some things should last a bit longer because people expect more of them.

I'm driving a 1990 Subaru. A 30-year time period for paying off a house is not unusual. They invented this thing called "marriage" which in theory is supposed to be permanent -- unfortunately there is no warranty on that! Health care is provided in many countries and the odds are getting better and better that people will live long lives.

And tablets -- consumers tend to get what they insist on. If a business decides to resist what consumers really want, releasing a string of instant-obsolete tablets, for example -- consumers might abandon it.