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328 points jerlam | 5 comments | 17 Sep 25 00:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.769s | source
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bigyabai ◴[17 Sep 25 00:52 UTC] No.45270236[source]▶
Well, good. The moment they stop, it's declared E-waste and Apple suggests you give it to them for free.

Fucked-up world we live in where a disposable vape can be reused for more purposes than an iPhone with expired software support.

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duxup ◴[17 Sep 25 00:54 UTC] No.45270248[source]▶
I got plenty of old iPhones I can still use.

My pile of old android phones ... they sadly do not live long overall as far as a % of survivors goes. A few have lived long lives for sure, but overall not as many as my old iPhones.

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1. chasil ◴[17 Sep 25 01:14 UTC] No.45270369[source]▶
Choose phones supported by LineageOS where the bootloader can be unlocked, and you can easily outlast iOS.
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2. Gigachad ◴[17 Sep 25 01:17 UTC] No.45270393[source]▶
I used to do this back when I was on Android and official updates only lasted 1-2 years. Now I’m on an iPhone I get official OS updates for such a long time I don’t need to worry about flashing custom roms.
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3. duxup ◴[17 Sep 25 01:17 UTC] No.45270396[source]▶
My experience just with the hardware doesn't match that. My android devices just tend to fail over time more often than iPhones.

Granted, there's PLENTY of other good reasons to make that choice even with that condition. So I don't disagree generally.

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4. bigyabai ◴[17 Sep 25 01:35 UTC] No.45270536[source]▶
Can't say my experience matches yours, either. I too have a box of unsupported mobile devices; the stuff I can do on an Android device clears every iOS one. I can't install apps on iOS without a desktop and a specific unsupported iTunes client. I can only use a subset of iOS functions.

My Android phones still do everything they say on the tin. Regardless, you've worded your entire argument to be orthogonal to my original point so it's clear you're not arguing in good faith. Nothing you ever said was related to the principles I mentioned, just what you consider to be personally valuable. Which is fine, but akin to responding to a health food nut by saying how great burgers taste.

5. chasil ◴[17 Sep 25 01:38 UTC] No.45270555[source]▶
I want root reliably.

Every version of Lineage offers rooted debugging, even without Magisk.

I know that root can be obtained in iOS, but Apple really prefers that users be restrained from this capability.