Comment by mysteria
3 months ago
This is the classic "money is time, time is money" conundrum. A teenager doesn't have the money to buy a fancy car or computer but they have the time to tweak and experiment to get the most out of it. Meanwhile an adult has the money but not the time, assuming they have a full time job, kids, etc. So they're willing to spend the money to get products that work and would rather spend their limited time with their family instead.
In my teens I had a group of friends who loved to tinker, from hackintoshes to custom ROMs to homelabbing to electronics repair. Now I'm like the only one left who does this stuff :(
When you're young you have all the time, all the energy, but none of the money.
When you're an adult you have all the energy, all the money, but none of the time.
When you're a retiree you have all of the money, all of the time, but none of the energy.
A generalisation of course, but quite apt!
The only way out of this is an early retirement in a LCOL area or a job with a very good WLB (which is likely pretty rare for most HNers in the tech industry). Even ignoring overtime I'm typically tired when I get home from work and have other commitments alongside my hobbies and tinkering.
Techinically when you're retired you don't have all of the time. For most people they only have 1/5 or less or their time left.