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A new smartphone again? Rethink unhealthy culture of frequent upgrades (www.straitstimes.com)
submitted 1 year ago by fne8w2ah to c/technology
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[–] PrinzMegahertz 1 points 1 year ago

Why not both? For example: one of the advantages if Iphones is the long software support. Why then are people buying a new one every year? I‘m still rocking an IPhone XR and while the batterie is down to 80%, I haven‘t encountered an app that brings it to it‘s knees.