<html><head></head><body><div>On Thu, 2016-08-18 at 12:21 -0400, DJ-Pfulio wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>On 08/18/2016 11:47 AM, Jim Kinney wrote:
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Apple sells a mix of heroin, crack, lsd and meth to hipsters who don't
want to think about what they are buying.
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True, but they also sell to some very smart, but perhaps lazy, people
who feel they don't have time to figure out a workable solution for all
their mobile requirements.
If choosing Apple-anything, we need to be extremely cautious not to get
sucked into their other eco-system offerings. That can be cloud stuff
where social attacks have been effective or the imaginary property sold
through their services. If I cannot legally inherit something forever to
relatives at death, then it isn't something I want. Similarly, if use of
something I've "bought" can be taken away, I don't want it to start.
Remember when Apple dropped all support for PPC-based systems before
realistic EoL? Seemed rude to me.
Android/Google isn't any better, I'm sad to say. Google drops support
for all sorts of things all the time. If those are cloud-based, we are
all screwed. Remember google-reader? I don't (run my own rss web
reader for privacy reasons), but lots of people used it and had to
scramble for a replacement. Google drops support for android devices
too. The Nexus4 hasn't seen any updates in a very long time and won't
see any OS updates again. My idea of "life" is different from Google's.
It is still working. Still holds 8+ hr charges. GPS/compass works, etc
... it is far from end-of-life to me, but google disagrees. "Major OTA"
updates for 2 yrs and security patches for 3 yrs is their rule. Found
these EoL dates:
Nexus 5X: September 2017
Nexus 6P: September 2017
Nexus 9: October 2016
Nexus 5: October 2015
Nexus 6: October 2016
Nexus 7 (2013): July 2015
Nexus 10: November 2014
Heck, even Ubuntu LTS provides 5 yrs of support. Google can't do that?
There really isn't any good option for non-contract people like me.
Perhaps it is time to drop back to my Motorola V125 which had 14 days of
standby and 2 days of talk?
Perhaps there is a market for 5 yr support for devices? I'm really
talking about security updates for the OS. Nobody can control 3rd party
apps.
</pre></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Thus the cyanogen world has a chance to rise beyond "also runs" status. A business model that could really refurbish older phones with a new cyanogen OS and new batteries and provide updates for security issues for a reasonable length of time sounds like a very good idea.</div><div><br></div><div>I miss being able to dial by touch. Smart phone screen are pretty useless to the vision impaired and the driving.</div><blockquote type="cite"><pre>
I dunno.
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