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		HPsquared on Sept 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Germany wants smartphone makers to offer 7 years o... At a certain point it's probably cheaper to give these people new phones then it is to update their software. (Ignoring the incentives this would create, of course)

southerntofu on Sept 6, 2021 [–]

Certainly not from an environmental perspective, and i assume also not (though i don't have a study on the topic) from an economic perspective.

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