Of course Google profits in many ways from more people having the most powerful smartphones possible. Throwing away an old phone and buying a new phone doesn't

Of course Google profits in many ways from more people having the most powerful smartphones possible. Throwing away an old phone and buying a new phone doesn't have to directly fund Google for it to be undeniably profitable to Google. That's not to say at all that Google is trying to arguably brick people's phones to force them to upgrade more. That makes no sense at all. They just don't have enough control over the ecosystem to fix the upgrade problem.