Reply 180 of 261, by Shreddoc
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cyclone3d wrote on 2021-10-19, 21:20:Ehhh.. obsolete in a matter of months is kinda stretching it unless you buy the lowest tier phones available.
My wife kept her iPhone 6, which I bought her when it was first released, until the iPhone XI was out... and she didn't mind keeping it even longer but she was always out of space and the battery life had gotten pretty sad and it was starting to have random issues.
I usually keep my Android devices 2-3 years but have almost always gotten the mid-tier devices. This next go around I am planning on getting the Pixel 6 Pro which should hopefully last me at least 3-4 years.
Months/years - it's only the number that varies.
Microsoft has never been lauded for their security policy, but Windows XP got security updates for 13 years (or 18, if you include the widely distributed POS updates).
Phones cease to get security updates within 3-5 years.
As of 2020, some reports suggested that over 1 billion people were still stuck on vulnerable devices. I think the figure is likely more, as the survey methodologies are naturally biased towards the affluent, using metrics like Google Play which the poorest end of society will never even use, let alone be statistically represented in!
Big Pink wrote on 2021-10-19, 21:40:Shreddoc wrote on 2021-10-19, 20:42:You'll all be sorry when the Cylons arrive! 😉
I've been looking for a label for my disdain for the nightmare that is the modern pervasive internet and then I recalled how the Galactica wasn't networked. Adamaism.
There we go! Cylon syndrome, Thrace fever, Apollo's bane, it goes under many titles but the basic principle is that doors should be opened with care.
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