• cmhe@lemmy.world
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      Yes! I think part of the right to repair is the ability to install your own software on devices you own, when the vendor stops fixing it.

    • biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works
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      exactly! Like other people get a couple years out of software updates, but fuck me I only got a year, still riding on 2020 software as if I don’t care but it’s just the fact my phone got one update.

      • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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        The reason I replaced my last phone was SW support

        Not to be “that guy”, but this is why they stop supporting it. Because of people like you and me, who will keep using it forever, if it wasn’t for the abandoned software.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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          Eh, I ended up getting a Pixel because of longer software support instead of buying a newer model from the same manufacturer. I should be good for 7-ish years.