Upgrade madness

■ Nowadays, digital devices have few moving parts that need replacing but we often have to discard them because of software “upgrades”. Microsoft Windows is one such example.

Over the years I’ve had to scrap various computers and peripheral devices and games because of incompatibility issues.

In an age when activists are passionate about recycling, it seems incongruous I’m chucking out a perfectly good computer because it can’t cope with the latest software. It’s not just individuals who suffer, it’s our public services, such as the NHS, too.

John Shale Wigan, Gtr Manchester