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minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoi don’t get what people are doing with their phones to need new ones, i’m still using a pixel 6a and it’s completely fine
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoEnd of security updates would be the best answer. But probably for novelty
minus-squareSwedneck@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agodoes lineageos really provide support that much longer than official distros?
minus-squareguy@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoNowadays maybe not? GrapheneOS gives 5-7 years of security updates and I think official OEMs just until a couple of years ago had regular updates for 2 years and security for only 3 years.
minus-squarejmsy@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoyeah, it’s not like the early days of smart phones where every generation was a huge jump in tech. we only see incremental changes now
i don’t get what people are doing with their phones to need new ones, i’m still using a pixel 6a and it’s completely fine
End of security updates would be the best answer. But probably for novelty
does lineageos really provide support that much longer than official distros?
Nowadays maybe not? GrapheneOS gives 5-7 years of security updates and I think official OEMs just until a couple of years ago had regular updates for 2 years and security for only 3 years.
yeah, it’s not like the early days of smart phones where every generation was a huge jump in tech. we only see incremental changes now