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So many resources could be saved... (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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Todays electronics is fast. Imagine how much natural resources could be saved if manufacturers delivered software support until device is truly unusable due to hardware limitations.

This post is being written on 3 years old flagship killer that has never dropped any frame, reached 0% battery or crashed but wont get system updates anymore because...

seemingly 3 years old 7nm flagship SoC is too weak to be used for next decade?

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[–] rabiddolphin 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Alternative ROM?

[–] nadram 15 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Very good alternative but this pushes the responsibility on the end user. Manufacturers should instead adjust their destructive approach on hardware and software. Our phones are built to break at the first fall and now we all have to buy cases to protect them, and if they survive long enough well it's the software that becomes obsolete... how silly is that

[–] rabiddolphin 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Do you think things like Fairphone are a step in the right direction?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (2 children)

They are. Pixels are also good for longevity and alternate ROM-s.

The problem is budget phones—people who can't afford to pay 600€ for a phone are left with devices that are obsolete in 2 years and no custom ROM-s even when the bootloader can be unlocked. The ROM community mostly consists of enthusiasts who are generally not interested in budget devices.

Case in point: my Poco X4 Pro. Excellent hardware (5G, 120Hz OLED, headphone out and SD card slot, IR blaster), cost me only 300€, but no LineageOS, CalyxOS or /e/ OS support unlike the older X3 Pro because it was not as popular among the enthusiasts.

Second-hand market is also very situational, eg in my country Pixel phones are not popular and thus the second-hand market is filled with mostly Samsung and some iPhones.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I wouldn't say that's the case. All my previous budget phones still work just fine (albeit two of them are a bit slow with low RAM) and I have a friend who still uses an A10e

[–] k2helix 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

I've searched your phone on xda and it has some ROMs which support it. Not official LineageOS though 🥲

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There are some, but I'm not willing to install a random ROM from who-knows-where breaking who-knows-what functionality on my only phone.

[–] k2helix 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I see, fair.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

cries in not unlockable Asus bootloader