Thats the trick, when a company supports romming, you can extend the support for however long you want!
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Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
My biggest concern is the life cycle of the device. I almost went with Motorola for my last phone, but saw that you were lucky to get 3 years of OS updates. Is that likely to be better on GrapheneOS? If so, that is a huge win imo. If not, it still isn’t ideal because I don’t want to have to buy a new phone every 2 years…
Willdrick@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
0x0@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
But gos dropped support for pre-6 Pixels so mot quite.
Willdrick@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Never had graphene, but been using Lineage since it was called CyanogenMod on my Galaxy Nexus
LoafedBurrito@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Why do you think they are $300-500? I don’t care about “only” 3 years of updates if i don’t have to spend $1300 on a friggin cellphone.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
I mean, I sort of get what you are saying but it also feels like Grimes’s boots thing from Terry Pratchet. Like, I can spend $200- $300 and get a phone that will stop getting security updates in 2-3 years… Or I can spend $700-$1000 to get a phone that comes with 7-10 years of security updates. Money per year, you are the same or better off if you can afford the up-front cost of the more expensive product, and we are generating a lot less techno-garbage clogging up the planet.
Generally, I hate the hard limit of use of these things. Coming from desktop computers, if you spend more money the machine is faster, but if you don’t need the speed you can use the cheap machine just as long (or longer if you really don’t need performance). All phones feel like they are just a subscription model.
sherlock@feddit.nu 4 weeks ago
Upvoted for Sam Vimes reference!
Luffy879@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Reading the original press release might be a good Start
Their Thinkphones pretty much always had good update policy
Almost like you can really sell a 100€ device and expect it to be optimised like a mid range
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
but saw that you were lucky to get 3 years of OS updates.
fucking great, less enshittification when they stop shoving the updates down your throat.
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip 4 weeks ago
Yea, except you aren’t getting security updates either… Basically anything connected to the internet should be getting security updates…
huggingstars@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
GrapheneOS was claiming 5-year support IIRC. Apple level support is infeasible with their team size. Qualcomm probably charges super premium for longer firmware support.