Nyssa@slrpnk.net to Solarpunk@slrpnk.net · 1 month agoProminent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 yearswww.cnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: android@lemdro.idhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.foo
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minus-squareTWeaK@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·1 month agoYou can provide software updates while still having planned obsolescence.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down3·1 month agoYup look at apple, they gimped their devices because the battery was shit.
minus-squarehelenslunch@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-21 month agoPeople think Apple is some sort of bastion of longevity because they have software support, but it’s completely meaningless when they have almost zero hardware support.
You can provide software updates while still having planned obsolescence.
Yup look at apple, they gimped their devices because the battery was shit.
People think Apple is some sort of bastion of longevity because they have software support, but it’s completely meaningless when they have almost zero hardware support.