@mcc

> But like many on his team, he wonders why the software life on older models can’t just be extended.

Oh, it can. It perfectly can.

They just ain't gonna.

I hate being this guy again, but sorry. The trap has sprung. And you've marched into it. And of course it will be way more expensive to get out of the trap than to stay in it forever. This is how traps work.