Anecdata, after a non-techy family member's phone stopped being updated, it had an uptime of over 2 years by the time it was replaced. If more people had the o

Anecdata, after a non-techy family member's phone stopped being updated, it had an uptime of over 2 years by the time it was replaced. If more people had the option of long-term support releases and live kernel patching with computers, I would expect similar results with laptops.