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Ok, I'm feeling cynical here based on many complaints about support length. People are asking for legislation to allow firmware replacement after X years Why
by olliej 4y ago
Ok, I'm feeling cynical here based on many complaints about support length.
People are asking for legislation to allow firmware replacement after X years
Why is no one asking for the more basic and obvious one, of just supporting the device for more than 12 months? Like you're never going to get anything meaningful from fly-by-night budget companies that don't even exist for a year, but I was just looking at the big non-apple tablet companies and they all seem to max out at like one year of major updates?
- dredmorbius 4y agoCredit to Apple, their devices do seem to be supported for a long time (5--8 years). Contrast Android, where all but one device I've ever owned was abandoned by the vendor from purchase. The exception is the Onyx BOOX. I've had four updates to that in a year, including one addressing issues I'd reported personally. (Earlier devices were HTC and Samsung. HTC was annoying, Samsung are pathological, and I refuse to touch any of their products ever.)
- sva_ 4y ago> The EU might require OEMs to provide 7 years of updates and spare parts for its phones https://www.gsmarena.com/the_eu_might_require_oems_to_provide_7_years_of_updates_and_spare_parts_for_its_phones-news-50824.php https://www.gsmarena.com/the_eu_might_require_oems_to_provid... I feel like maybe there should be rule such as, either provide x years of software support, or open source it. The best of two worlds.
- Gigachad 4y agoBecause the iPad Air 2 is still getting updated and its almost 8 years old now. There is no need for ipads to be updated any longer than they already are. The non Apple market is just not worth buying. It's cheap junk.