My "museum piece" (Galaxy Note4) still works and I want to keep it that way. Why should I throw away perfectly good hardware? It is rooted, so I can fix the pr

My "museum piece" (Galaxy Note4) still works and I want to keep it that way. Why should I throw away perfectly good hardware? It is rooted, so I can fix the problem, but still, I find the idea that smartphones should only last 3 or so years when their hardware is good for 10 to be... annoying. Especially considering that modern smartphones tend to be more expensive, without a removable battery or headphone jack, and not fundamentally better than smartphones from 5 years ago. And the custom ROM community that kept old phones running is not what it used to be, especially considering that more and more apps refuse to run if you are not running the official (outdated) ROM. Planned obsolescence replaced real obsolescence.