So much cases of people changing hardware because of...

So much cases of people changing hardware because of software obsolescence, that’s depressing.

Like 16 Jun 2023 at 17:52 | Open on post.lurk.org

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@raphael Apple just announced my perfectly good iPhone isn't getting anymore iOS updates and I know what happens then :(

16 Jun 2023 at 18:55 | Open on social.wake.st

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@liaizon @raphael :thaenkin: what iphone do you have? i've currently got the xr, and i'm worried that it might be made obsolete soon, even though it works perfectly fine and could last me at least 10 years, if not more.

if worst comes to worst and i'm forced to upgrade, i'll probably buy the fairphone since that seems like the most sustainable and more affordable option

16 Jun 2023 at 19:26 | Open on post.lurk.org

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@rozina I have an iPhone 8, which is about 5 years old.

16 Jun 2023 at 19:46 | Open on social.wake.st

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@liaizon @rozina remember that Apple believes using 5 years old hardware is "really sad" https://www.cnet.com/culture/using-a-pc-is-sad-says-apples-schiller/

16 Jun 2023 at 21:21 | Open on octodon.social

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@yhancik @rozina well thanks apple, I don't want to be sad so I am glad they won't let me be sad

16 Jun 2023 at 21:37 | Open on social.wake.st

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@liaizon @rozina oooooooooooooh maybe that's the whole point. How nice of them <3

16 Jun 2023 at 21:50 | Open on octodon.social

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@liaizon @raphael they’ll backport fixes for quite a while though; they still officially support all the way back to the 5S (except the 5C). The bigger issue will be if the apps you rely on will continue to support older major iOS versions—that’s usually the pain point before actual end-of-life is

16 Jun 2023 at 22:06 | Open on hackers.town

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@calcifer @raphael for sure it starts with apples announcement and then trickles down to the whole ecosystem of development

16 Jun 2023 at 22:34 | Open on social.wake.st

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