What's the deal with people liking old devices?

By "people", I just mean my friends and a bunch of other jailbreakers on YouTube, but whatever. I have a few friends. One is a trans girl, which I …

  • they are affordable (better to play with 10 different old devices than 1 new device, isn’t costly when you break it)
  • usually more tinkerable (older devices tend to be more modular or easier to repair, only older iphones can be jailbroken, android custom rom scene is basically dead now, etc)
  • fun to make old shits do near impossible stuff (like overclocking a pentium 4 for giggles)