Phone, tablet, and IoT gadget makers will have to state when they’ll stop providing security updates for new devices entering the market, the UK’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) vowed this morning.
Today’s pledge would see existing plans for internet-connected tat extended to smartphones and tablets, which is a large step for a scheme originally put together for landfill Internet-of-Things devices such as webcams.
The plans are likely to meet stiff opposition from device makers as end-of-life dates for devices are usually an open secret among the tech-savvy but stating them at the launch of a brand new bit of hardware is unlikely to be popular with manufacturers’ marketing teams.
See https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/21/ukgov_death_dates_smartphones_iot_security/
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Thing is they definitely are not doing so, and we the consumers are just buying the glued up devices that only get 2 to 3 years of updates. It’s one reason why after 9 years of using Android I decided two months to go back to Apple to get 7+ years of updates and opt to pay to have my phone’s battery replaced. I’m sick and tired of paying $1,000 every three years for a new phone.
You spend 1000$ for a new phone? Is there any noticable difference to a 200 or 300$ phone these days?
True not as far as general usage goes… but amazing that even at that price it still last so little time. Not like it gets updates for 4 or 5 years.
This is why Linux phones are really something I hope can mature.