{"id":671,"date":"2005-07-17T20:46:48","date_gmt":"2005-07-18T01:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2005\/07\/17\/spyware-makes-computers-disposable\/"},"modified":"2005-07-17T20:46:48","modified_gmt":"2005-07-18T01:46:48","slug":"spyware-makes-computers-disposable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2005\/07\/17\/spyware-makes-computers-disposable\/","title":{"rendered":"Spyware Makes Computers Disposable"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times has an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2005\/07\/17\/technology\/17spy.html?hp&#038;ex=1121572800&#038;en=178b2edcf06c6a45&#038;ei=5094&#038;partner=homepage\">article<\/a> detailing how <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Spyware\">spyware<\/a> has started to make many users consider simply purchasing a new computer, rather than attempt to repair an older system.<\/p>\n<p>The idea of computers becoming disposable isn&#8217;t really that surprising when you consider that the average cost for professional spyware removal service weighs in at $120.  Compared to the $500 price tag many retailers are advertising cheap computers for, many consumers are simply opting to upgrade into a faster machine rather than try and have their existing hardware repaired.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New York Times has an article detailing how spyware has started to make many users consider simply purchasing a new computer, rather than attempt to repair an older system. The idea of computers becoming disposable isn&#8217;t really that surprising when you consider that the average cost for professional spyware removal service weighs in at &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/2005\/07\/17\/spyware-makes-computers-disposable\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Spyware Makes Computers Disposable&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/671\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.meisterplanet.com\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}