Doesn't help those of us in Amigaland or who still like to repair things or build our own circuits but then that's the way of the world these days not many can be bothered learning how things work let alone repairing them and the electronics hobbyist market is like the Amiga market, fading into obscurity... 
It's not that you aren't consuming, just that you aren't consuming ENOUGH and of the "CORRECT" things! Planned obsolescence, roll-over, 400% margins for Steve Jobs and the CFO of Dell! M$ licenses! You, sir, are a communist if you don't recycle your old electronics after a year! You are denying jobs to third world countries! There are people relying on your greed and avarice..er..I mean consumer savvy... so they can melt down your cast-offs in their back yard and feed their families before they die of heavy metal poisoning!
CONSUME! CONSUME! CONSUME!
OK. rant done.
