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Why buy a used phone that will stop receiving updates, can't be fixed or upgraded and can't run whatever you want on it when you can use a real computer instead
by heavyset_go 9mo ago
Why buy a used phone that will stop receiving updates, can't be fixed or upgraded and can't run whatever you want on it when you can use a real computer instead?
- backscratches 9mo agoOld computers also stop getting microcode updates fairly quickly.
- heavyset_go 9mo agoThis is a real issue and I don't know why you got downvoted
- jeroenhd 9mo agoThe chances of the 50 euro laptop getting Windows 10 updates longer than a second hand Samsung phone are slim. As for "can't be fixed or upgraded", ask any macOS user.
- ezst 9mo agoWho in their right mind would put Windows on such a device, though? This is THE hardware generation that Microsoft painted a target on with their planned obsolescence strategy. I don't know if there can be a clearer signalling that it is to be avoided at all costs.
- heavyset_go 9mo agoI'm running bleeding edge Linux on computers I bought in 2006. Meanwhile, the phone I bought a year ago is stuck on a 3 year old non-LTS kernel point release, and it will be forever.