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by SamBorick 1175 days ago
The hardware is still working. I think it's reasonable that the software should continue to work until the hardware is physically incapable of booting. An entire industry deciding that hardware "should" only last 6 years is shameful.

(Typing this on a macbook pro 2012)
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ryandrake 1175 days ago
The problem here is that software appears to be "wearing out" faster than the hardware it's running on, which is utterly ridiculous. Bits don't wear out. Removing backward compatibility is a deliberate decision being made by developers to make their own jobs more comfortable.
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TheHappyOddish 1174 days ago
My 486 hardware still boots fine. However developers have moved away from it and the manufacturer no longer supports it. I can run community supported software on it.

How is this any different to the phone in question?

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