The EU has already noticed. Manufacturers have to provide software updates for five years, for all new devices since June.
i thought it was more about making the older models shittier with updates. like apple limiting battery capacity, samsung slowing down and removing features, etc. i had s22u and it had tons of customization, you could put a calendar or a gif in the AOD but suddenly they removed it all, you could only change the color of the clock.
What does “new device” mean?
It’s new devices coming onto the market. So if they existed before June but they are still being sold, the rules do not apply to them. But new models that are coming out now have to have software support.
A device that isn’t old? 🤷🏻
Apple supports their phones for at least 5 years. iPhone XS from 2018 is still supported by the current version of iOS. As iOS 26 just came out, that means 8 years of software support.
Unfortunately apple is a walled garden
Including deliberate and unnecessary performance decreasing updates
Edit: sourceRocking my iPhone 11 Pro Max with OG battery.
Reckon I can get through easy until the 18 or the Fold.
No idea what you’re talking about.
Yeah but they make their devices terribly slow. I had a 8 y/o Oneplus 5 with Lineage OS 22.2 which was running as fast as my iPhone 13 pro with iOS 26 — which wasn’t the case 3 years back when I bought the iPhone. Unfortunately the motherboard of OP5 is dead because of wear & tear due to everyday use and is not worth the repair cost. So yeah, even my Oneplus 5 got 8 years of software updates (although not officially) and may get some more if the LineageOS team would still maintain it.
If anyone thinks this is just a common meme, there have been lawsuits over this.
Example: https://pirg.org/articles/samsung-apple-fined-for-software-updates-that-slowed-phones/
Software updates are using carrots (?) to lure in mobile phones?
Edit: no wait, that’s a finger, I think. I don’t know what the software updates are holding.
Thats a knife
That’s what the software updates are holding behind their back. I’m talking about the thing in front, which looks like a lure for the phones
I don’t believe software updates are skillful enough to catch a rabbit like that.
I reckon poisoning the rabbits tried and trusted carrot patch is way more like it.
How long will it take until the idiot consumers will notice and instead buy devices that aren’t at the mercy of the manufacturer?
