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"The role of smartphones in contemporary life feels increasingly stupid" (www.dezeen.com)

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Ned Ludd may be long dead, he may never even have existed at all, but he was right – and it's time we started listening.

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[–] aluminium 2 points 1 week ago

They have greatly improved their support. New Samsung phones come with a 7 year update promise, while up until the Note 9 you got 2. Not to mention that a phone doesn't become useless the second it looses update support.

Also about the yearly hardware "updates". Thats exactly what they are. Slight updates. If anyone is still stupid enough to upgrade every year its on them really.

I'm a fan of manufacturers releasing yearly upgrades as a consumer. It means the old model always drops in price quickly.