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minus-squarePowderhorn ( Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·10 months agoI’m of the same mind. I did make an exception for a Pixel 9a because, well, that seven years of updates starts from the day it went on sale, so shaving a few years off that for minimal savings didn’t seem ideal.
minus-squareUnspecificGravity ( UnspecificGravity@piefed.social ) linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months agoShame they are going to send you a “battery protection update” that makes your phone last 45 minutes between charges on year three. I’d bet against any plan that requires Google to not fuck you over for a whole 7 years.
minus-squarePowderhorn ( Powderhorn@beehaw.org ) OPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·10 months agoI mean, I’m going to drop or sit on the thing in half that time. But allow a man to dream …
I’m of the same mind. I did make an exception for a Pixel 9a because, well, that seven years of updates starts from the day it went on sale, so shaving a few years off that for minimal savings didn’t seem ideal.
Shame they are going to send you a “battery protection update” that makes your phone last 45 minutes between charges on year three.
I’d bet against any plan that requires Google to not fuck you over for a whole 7 years.
I mean, I’m going to drop or sit on the thing in half that time. But allow a man to dream …