misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoQualcomm and Google team up to offer 8 years of Android updatesarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
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minus-squarehypertown@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·13 days agoI still can’t understand how I can install modern Windows or Linux on a 20 year old PC but the same can’t be done with 4 year old phone… 8 year is cool but it’s nothing compared to 20 years.
minus-squareIlovethebomb@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-213 days agoPhones have a hard life compared to a computer, I suspect the number of phones that last four years would be very small, never mind 8. Who’s the sad sack that downvoted this? When was the last time you dropped your laptop in the sink?
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoThe last time I dropped my laptop in the sink is the same as the last time I dropped my phone in the sink.
I still can’t understand how I can install modern Windows or Linux on a 20 year old PC but the same can’t be done with 4 year old phone… 8 year is cool but it’s nothing compared to 20 years.
Phones have a hard life compared to a computer, I suspect the number of phones that last four years would be very small, never mind 8.
Who’s the sad sack that downvoted this? When was the last time you dropped your laptop in the sink?
The last time I dropped my laptop in the sink is the same as the last time I dropped my phone in the sink.