yogurtwrong@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 15 days agoWhat is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one:lemmy.mlimagemessage-square162fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10
arrow-up151arrow-down1imageWhat is something that's crazier than the wildest dreams of any ~1970s nerd, but exists today? I'll start with an easy one:lemmy.mlyogurtwrong@lemmy.world to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 15 days agomessage-square162fedilink
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·15 days agoBut it’s obsolete, so they throw it away and buy a new one the next year.
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·15 days agoDo you buy bottom of the line Android phones?
minus-squareboonhet@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·14 days agoiPhones were getting 6-7 years of software support when top of the line Androids got up to 3 and bottom end was getting 1 at most. It took YEARS for Android to catch up on this.
minus-squareKoarnine@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoIts not about the device forcing it, its about the type of user. They are saying a standard iphone user does that. I mean it’s wrong on all fronts today, the avg person keeps their phone for multiple years more than they used to.
minus-squareactionjbone@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 days agoI see that, by sharing a joke, I have unintentionally started a discussion. Whoops. /4 year old Motorola
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·14 days ago6-7 years of software support on a device whose screen wouldn’t last 3 months.
But it’s obsolete, so they throw it away and buy a new one the next year.
Do you buy bottom of the line Android phones?
iPhone usage pattern.
iPhones were getting 6-7 years of software support when top of the line Androids got up to 3 and bottom end was getting 1 at most. It took YEARS for Android to catch up on this.
Its not about the device forcing it, its about the type of user. They are saying a standard iphone user does that.
I mean it’s wrong on all fronts today, the avg person keeps their phone for multiple years more than they used to.
I see that, by sharing a joke, I have unintentionally started a discussion.
Whoops.
/4 year old Motorola
6-7 years of software support on a device whose screen wouldn’t last 3 months.