Ahh the good ole days.

RE "....I am typing this from my 2009 Win7 PC...."

Ssssshhhh ..... Microsoft does not want people to hear this .....

HN is biased towards the sort of people who keep computers from 2009 to play with and wish they could get more use out of their 12 year old iPad Air. That's great, but it's simply not a thing for most people so i don't see how it significantly reduce ewaste.

The PC ecosystem is the exception to the rule. 20 year lifetimes are typical, but in the smartphone world 10 years is treated as an impossibility. It is all disposable by design