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> What apple offers me is peace of mind and stability. They’ll literally make your beloved iPhone 11 obsolete in a year or so, deliberately.

• rlpb 2y ago
  Don't Apple have a better track record for longevity of support compared to their competitors?
  • fsflover 2y ago
    Not all competitors. GNU/Linux phones will have lifetime updates (since they run mainline Linux).
    • Klonoar 2y ago
      I can only hope you’re joking. Those are not real competition to the iPhone in any meaningful way.
      • fsflover 2y ago
        They are, in the long term and, for now, in a niche audience.
        • Klonoar 2y ago
          The long term is, until proven otherwise, not a talking point. A "niche audience" is inflating the point.
          • fsflover 2y ago
            > The long term is, until proven otherwise, not a talking point. The same thing occurred with GNU/Linux desktop.
            • Klonoar 2y ago
              Ah, right. The environment that's barely made a dent from the consumer/non-dev market in 20+ years of existence.
              • fsflover 2y ago
                Try to compete when no single shop allows to buy a machine with preinstalled Linux. Even then, Linux has 4% of market or so.
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• throwaway918299 2y ago
  I'm under no impression that my phone will continue to work until "the end of time", but if I can get 5-7 years out of a device then I think I got more than my money's worth. The last phone I had before this lasted 2 years before it became practically unusable.