On the Victron 24/70/3000 inverter/charger though we needed to plug in the laptop to adjust charging.

Once plugged in we learned that the software of the inverter/charger was no longer updated by Victron since the unit is older than 10 years.

That means that adjusting and optimizing the inverter/charger is no longer possible allthough the unit is working well.

We constantly hear the same kind of stories from fellow cruisers regarding all kinds of electronics in the cruising world of today.

That means that electronics older than 10 years,allthough working well, needs to be ripped out,thrown away, and replaced .

It´s not difficult to understand why many companies act like this in these days when "mammon rules", but to me it´s just another example of how greed goes before the planet.