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0 pointspjmlp1mo ago0 comments

I, like most people I know, buy Android devices around the 300 euro limit, use them until they break for whatever reason, which is measured in years.

The only apps that get installed nowadays are the ones that must be for a specific service, or gaming.

Many people even turn updates off due to the way companies get creative changing the application on every update.

In the old days before the iOS/Android duopoly there were no updates at all, and the few times they happened to be supported, it required the developer SDK to update the firmware.

Outside communities like HN, regular people hardly care about updates.

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stuaxo1mo ago

Current one was 150 quid off Ebay, I've also used backmarket.

Last time I had a "flagship" phone it got stolen out my hand.

The screen was also expensive to replace.

If I drop this its no big deal (the back is plastic anyway).

It also comes in a fun colour so its not just another black rectangle.

I'll replace it with the Jolla phone when that arrives.

jen201mo ago

> In the old days before the iOS/Android duopoly there were no updates at all, and the few times they happened to be supported, it required the developer SDK to update the firmware.

Not quite. The phones I had for the four years before the iPhone came out were Treo devices running PalmOS, which got software updates installable via the host computer without any developer tools.

pjmlpOP1mo ago

I don't know about those, given that they were not that relevant in my circles, so I never cared that much about their offerings.

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