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Prominent Android manufacturers commit to supporting phone software for 7 years (www.cnet.com)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hopefully a blow to planned obsolescence

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 months ago (5 children)

Commitment against planned obsolescence would be 20 years minimum.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago

Well, long before that the device would stop working. More important would be improved repairability. My current phone is in year 4 and the hardware is starting to die. But I can't replace the battery or other parts that start breaking. 20 year software support means nothing without that hardware lasting that long.

In that regard I think 7 years is already plenty. If they pair that with easy to replace batteries and screens that would go a long way.

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