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1. Chris Trottier (atomicpoet@mastodon.social)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 05:49:09 JST Chris Trottier

   Thinking about how TWO devices that I own are “obsolete"—not because the hardware has kicked the bucket—but because Google simply doesn’t want to provide security updates for them.

   And now that I think about it, it’s all so wasteful.

   Here’s a strange thought for you. I own a Sony Walkman that was made decades ago. It still plays NEW cassettes sold on Bandcamp. The device is probably ~30-years-old.

   None of these Android phones will be usable in 30 years.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 05:49:08 JST Aral Balkan

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     @atomicpoet Just installed Ubuntu Touch on a ten-year-old Nexus 5 I had in the drawer. Runs like a charm. So it can be done.

     This is planned obsolescence. There should be laws against it.

   • Aral Balkan (aral@mastodon.ar.al)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 17:01:59 JST Aral Balkan

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     • Kadsepfösch

     @Glatorius It’s all relative, isn’t it? I was testing on a PinePhone previously :)

     @atomicpoet

   • Kadsepfösch (glatorius@troet.cafe)'s status on Monday, 30-Jan-2023 17:02:00 JST Kadsepfösch

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     • Aral Balkan

     @aral @atomicpoet I use Ubuntu Touch for quite a while now, currently have it on a Google Pixel 3a now.
     I also tried it on a Nexus 5 but would definitely not call that experience "like a charm". XD That device was slow as hell.