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Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years (www.cnet.com)

submitted 4 months ago by Nyssa@slrpnk.net to c/solarpunk@slrpnk.net

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Hopefully a blow to planned obsolescence

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[–] TWeaK@lemm.ee 35 points 4 months ago (2 children)

You can provide software updates while still having planned obsolescence.

[–] ThePantser@lemmy.world 15 points 4 months ago

Yup look at apple, they gimped their devices because the battery was shit.

[–] helenslunch@feddit.nl 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

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.