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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by tomjen3 on Sunday June 25, 2023 @12:37PM (#36470034)
>This makes no sense: manufacturers are competing with each other, if the prices on the cheapest phones will increase more then surely someone will exploit that.

You assume it costs nothing to maintain software for old phones.

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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by jacquesm on Sunday June 25, 2023 @02:08PM (#36471039)
It wouldn't if they opened up the hardware.
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Re:Making sense of the EU’s fight for user-replaceable smart... by cbzoiav on Sunday June 25, 2023 @03:39PM (#36471840)
So release a handful of budget models and support them well instead of 60+ per year.
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