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I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much (9to5mac.com)
submitted 2 years ago by [M, B] to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I downgraded to an iPhone 11 Pro Max – and I'm not missing much::When I recently wrote about the iPhone 15 Pro rumors I care about, I mentioned that upgrading to an iPhone...

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[–] 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

The hardware isn't the issue...

The problem comes when Apple decides not to upgrade the OS any more. Then, some time after that, the apps you like to use won't work.

Planned obsolescence : environmentally iniquitous.

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  • [–] 50 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    iOS 17 installs on a 5 years old iPhone though. I don’t think that's an unreasonable window of deceives supported.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Why shouldn’t it last be updated if it’s still working perfectly and capable? I have a 10 year old laptop and a 24 year old car. But my bank is not restricting me from visiting their branch or website because my car or laptop is too old.

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  • [–] 32 points 2 years ago* (1 child)

    Dev and QA costs.

    Your car has no impact on them, and neither does your laptop’s hardware since they don’t write native software. But supporting old browsers would be more work for their devs, so they likely have limits there, like not supporting IE6.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Your dont demand continuous updates for your car. Heck, even from the moment you bought the car, unless there is a recall, there is no update expected for your brand new car.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    I think my partners car was 15 years old when it was recalled for an airbag replacement, and if there is a security issue with a car I have aftermarket options available which Apple actively restrict.

    I get your point, but we are talking about pretty much the only thing a person routinely spends more than £/€/$1,000 that they can’t modify or update themselves.

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