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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by 2OEH8eoCRo0 on Friday June 16, 2023 @03:51PM (#36362824)
Why don't they sell updates? Even if they open source everything, I'd pay for them to support my phone for longer and I imagine the margins on a SW update outweigh the cost of producing more hardware.
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Re:European Union votes to bring back replaceable phone batt... by crabbone on Friday June 16, 2023 @09:06PM (#36366102)
> Why don't they sell updates?

Because given limited resources, companies prefer to spend their resources on what pays the most. Manufacturing updates may be comparable or even more expensive than making new devices.

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