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		jokoon on Jan 25, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phon... How about improving software standards so it can last longer? Why must software always need to be updated? Software can be stable. This industry makes throwaway software just so it can keep pumping hardware forever.

flatiron on Jan 25, 2022 [–]

Or improving updates. Why can my Linux distro not care what model I whatever I have but every bit of android is specifically tailored to that exact phone model

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