The apps you've already had installed continue to run just fine. The device is getting security updates so you don't have concerns there and the device was buil

The apps you've already had installed continue to run just fine. The device is getting security updates so you don't have concerns there and the device was built rugged enough to still be used years later. Can you run all the latest apps? Maybe not, but are you confident any device you currently have can run the apps that will be released ten years from now? In the case of Apple you know that the apps you're running right now you'll still be able to run ten years from now. That's the difference, and for a lot of people that's perfectly fine. There are still a lot of people quite happily running their early gen iPads, for instance. It still does everything they need it to do. Where Apple is setting themselves apart is not forcing you to buy new hardware because you need critical security issues fixed. If you want new functionality and features, sure, you may need to buy new hardware - but you shouldn't have to buy new hardware to get security vulnerabilities resolved.