rra,
@rra@post.lurk.org avatar

Smartphone manufacturers have recently begun announcing they will support their newer models of phones with at least five years of software updates. They like you to believe they are taking responsibility by themselves at the benefit of us the consumer.

The reality is that the new EU guidelines are forcing them to do this if they want to stay on the European market:
https://repair.eu/news/new-eu-rules-smartphones-and-tablets-will-follow-new-ecodesign-requirements-by-june-2025/

via @jessika_richter

thomasfuchs,
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io avatar

@rra @jessika_richter That’s “Android smartphone manufacturers”, Apple
currently supports phones for 7 years, including OS updates; world-wide.

bitbonk,
@bitbonk@mastodon.social avatar

@rra @jessika_richter My iPhone is now more than 7 years old and still works perfectly and I still get (security) updates.

In the last few weeks I have encountered the first apps that require at least iOS 16, which is unfortunate, but not a big problem.

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