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Re:Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor by ygjb on Thursday December 16, 2021 @11:15AM (#29579745)
2-3 days labour to buy an outdated device that will stop receiving updates most likely in 2022.

Sounds alot like Captain Vimes' boots theory of socioeconomic unfairness. Some people are just too poor to be able to buy a pair of good boots.

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Re:Smartphones Are a New Tax on the Poor by throwaway946513 on Thursday December 16, 2021 @11:31AM (#29580042)
While you're not wrong about the complaint for the price and the age of the device.

The iPhone 6s is still receiving update, though it may not be long for this world, the iPhone 7 and 8 are still one and two years newer than said 6s - as such would likely receive updates a year and two years additional. That would put the iPhone 8 End-of-Life at 2024. That's 2 years out, and the 6s hasn't even finished receiving updates, so closer to 3 years out.

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