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>When VW produces a new car nobody complains that the million drivers won’t get an update automatically. Terrible comparison because 1, Car makers doesn’t rel
by haunter 2y ago
>When VW produces a new car nobody complains that the million drivers won’t get an update automatically.
Terrible comparison because
1, Car makers doesn’t release new cars every single year
2, For most people a car is
the 2nd biggest investment after their house which is nowhere near a smartphone in cost (that most people get subsidized by their carrier)
- ianhawes 2y ago> 1. Car makers doesn’t release new cars every single year They do. The 4 numbers that typically start with 20 or sometimes 19 indicate the model year of a vehicle which does change periodically.
- larusso 2y agoIt’s about the fact that the current install base (which also goes into the millions) won‘t get stuff for free. If Apple is doing it for pushing sales (Mac users with an m1 will get it without hardware upgrades and these devices are over 3 years old by the time of release) is anybodies guess.
- lxgr 2y ago> smartphone in cost (that most people get subsidized by their carrier) In almost all cases, this is nothing but an intransparent form of installment payments, coupled with a carrier lock-in that helps keep prices high (because most people or even families can only switch ever other year or so). Maybe it’s still very common in the US, but many people have moved on from this.
- drcongo 2y agoI think the last time I bought a phone via a carrier plan was about 2007.
- sieabahlpark 2y ago[dead]