On average, people replace their phone every four years. This is generally driven by people’s desire for a new device, including for the functionalities provided by new models.
No, its driven by aggressive marketing, manipulation, and consumerism, you degenerate fucks.
And their active de-rating of the hardware. And the inability to repair the otherwise easily repairable USB charger port. You gotta carefully not break your screen into a billion pieces, then replace the USB connector and battery. Simple, except for the part where you gotta not break your screen.
No, its driven by aggressive marketing, manipulation, and consumerism, you degenerate fucks.
And their active de-rating of the hardware. And the inability to repair the otherwise easily repairable USB charger port. You gotta carefully not break your screen into a billion pieces, then replace the USB connector and battery. Simple, except for the part where you gotta not break your screen.
Oh found a phone that is moderately repairable? Well fuck you the bootloader is locked (Looking at you, HMD)