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Re:Why the average lifespan of a smartphone is only three years by justsomehnguy on Saturday October 14, 2023 @08:53AM (#37880102)
Do you understand what the most ARM systems still doesn't have anything resembling ACPI?

Yes, Wintel figured this out, after the legacy of IBM PC.

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Re:Why the average lifespan of a smartphone is only three years by scarface_74 on Saturday October 14, 2023 @10:14AM (#37880618)
And Windows compatibility was a complete shit show before the OS vendor - Microsoft - worked with Intel and the other hardware vendors

Google just can’t manage a platform or more realistically doesn’t care to as long as they can serve ads on the device.

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