• rekabis@lemmy.ca
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    12 days ago

    I already practice a 5-year cycle.

    As in, I get the latest and greatest, and then use it for a minimum of 5 years or until it can no longer take the currently released OS.

    And because I run with Apple, that usually means 6-7 years between phones.

    Android would have cost me a hell of a lot more over the years with the same upgrade pattern. Even now, most Android phones see only 3 or so years of full OS updates (if that!!), leaving their arses flapping in the wind for every remote exploit and malware under the sun once they’re abandoned.