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> You're really buying a transferable lease for 6-7 years on a device that has a hard stop to go to landfill after that time due to software obsolescence by way
by cableshaft 3y ago
> You're really buying a transferable lease for 6-7 years on a device that has a hard stop to go to landfill after that time due to software obsolescence by way of unpatched vulnerabilities.
I'm still rocking an iPhone 7 Plus and it's still getting updates even though it's seven years old. If anything the main thing that seems like it'll make me upgrade eventually is the battery life. It's not lasting anywhere near as long as it used to.
Although it looks like I can still get that replaced from Apple, so I might just do that.
- lowercased 3y agolooks like iphone 7 didn't get ios 16 - is that right? depending on what you do with it, it may work well enough for a while longer, but at some point, some activities won't be supported - banking/finance apps are the big ones I know will stop supporting earlier ios versions sooner or later. My bank's app requires ios 14 min. I suspect they may bump that to 15 or 16 in the next year or so.
- cableshaft 3y agoAh that might be true. I think I am on iOS 15 still. I haven't noticed, though. I'm not saying it won't eventually happen, just that right now it seems to be working fine for everything I need it to do.