I think it's going to be up to companies who produce such devices to invest in longevity. As long as they produce software updates which require new hardware, p

I think it's going to be up to companies who produce such devices to invest in longevity. As long as they produce software updates which require new hardware, people are going to eventually need to update the hardware. Unfortunately, right now, it doesn't seem like it's in the best interest of companies to make a device that lasts for 10 years which they continue to support through software updates. Sometimes I do a mental juggle: In my life, provided my phones last for ~3 years, I'll probably end up buying between 10-20 phones. Multiply that out by (in theory) the population of earth, * the exponential growth factor, and you suddenly realise how impossible that would be. So, somethings got to change - people have to optimise for what they've got, not what can be sold to them.