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Todays electronics is fast. Imagine how much natural resources could be saved if manufacturers delivered software support until device is truly unusable due to hardware limitations.

This post is being written on 3 years old flagship killer that has never dropped any frame, reached 0% battery or crashed but wont get system updates anymore because...

seemingly 3 years old 7nm flagship SoC is too weak to be used for next decade?

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I think a good step towards the school would be forcing bootloader unlocking to be available. Just like any other computer allow people root access to their own devices. This opens up the ability to install any operating system A user desires.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Silly KillSwitch10, thinking we actually own the things we pay for.

/s, obviously.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago

I know. Lol not actually a /s sadly.