3 years from now is nothing. I still have old Android devices that get used as media players and "smart" displays/remotes because I could install slimmed-down

3 years from now is nothing. I still have old Android devices that get used as media players and "smart" displays/remotes because I could install slimmed-down OS builds to keep them running smoothly long after official support stopped. I had to stop using my 3rd gen iPad after official updates made it so slow it was a chore to use as more than an eReader. No option to install an older or 3rd party build. No way to repurpose it for much else at this point. I look at it like an old "smart tv" versus an old PC. The PC can always get a lightweight Linux build or something else to make it useful. The tv gets what's on it, the end.