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by jimbokun
376 days ago
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Eh. Not sure you can fault Apple for stopping investment in software for devices past a certain age. And certain functionality just isn't supported by older hardware. Doesn't mean the devices stop working. Just that Apple is saying you're on your own. (Although the proprietary nature of Apple software means you also can't continue upgrading the software on your own or through a third party.) |
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Sure it'd be nice to continue to be able to upgrade the software on out of support devices, but how long can we really expect a for profit company to support old stuff? I personally think 5 years is fine for a phone.
Time will tell what they do about apple silicon Macs though. The M1 is 5 years old now, and is still capable for pretty much all workloads if you have one with enough RAM. I could see it being still useful for 5+ more years. It's there I would expect at least 10 years of support, I think.