> A 4 year old iPhone still works perfectly, but a $200 Android will find its way to a landfill way sooner
Not really, though. I'm using one and it's just fine. Nonsense aside...
> Nowadays all laptops can charge over usb-c (including Apple laptops, mind you!). Did anybody have to force Apple to do this? No
Yes. That's what the EU has been doing by talking about forcing the standardization. Dollars to donuts that apple would still be on their proprietary connector if not for that.
> this EU mandate is totally unnecessary
Disagree. Just look at the iPhones apple is still manufacturing, which they'll now be forced to change.
Android uses RAM as planned obselesence when they stop giving security updates to your old OS. The updated OS always uses more RAM and slows the phone down because of swapping to disk
I don't know that any stock Android swaps to disk. They swap to zram, generally.
That said, the thing that seems to make old Android devices obsolete is Google Play Services. It takes up significantly more RAM over time, and it keeps getting updated even when your OS isn't. A degoogled older Android device stays about as useful as it ever was.
Not really, though. I'm using one and it's just fine. Nonsense aside...
> Nowadays all laptops can charge over usb-c (including Apple laptops, mind you!). Did anybody have to force Apple to do this? No
Yes. That's what the EU has been doing by talking about forcing the standardization. Dollars to donuts that apple would still be on their proprietary connector if not for that.
> this EU mandate is totally unnecessary
Disagree. Just look at the iPhones apple is still manufacturing, which they'll now be forced to change.