Re: Planned Obsolescence

[Eric Schultz]

   Android phone makers in particular are known for refusing to update
   their phones for more than a minimal amount of time. I literally just
   had to buy a new phone because my Pixel 2, which was working fine, is
   no longer receiving security updates. Allegedly one of the main reasons
   phone makers don't update phones is that the processor, chipset and
   modem makers don't provide long term support for their firmware blobs
   and a mix of free and proprietary build tools.
   Eric

   On Thu, Dec 10, 2020 at 7:14 PM Jason Self <[1]jself@gnu.org> wrote:

     We're looking for articles describing specific instances of planned
     obsolescence in computing which relate somehow to nonfree software.
     If you know of an example which is not listed in
     [2]https://gnu.org/malware/proprietary-obsolescence.html please mail
     the
     URL to [3]webmasters@gnu.org so we can list it there.
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References

   1. mailto:jself@gnu.org
   2. https://gnu.org/malware/proprietary-obsolescence.html
   3. mailto:webmasters@gnu.org
   4. mailto:libreplanet-discuss@libreplanet.org
   5. https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss
   6. http://wwahammy.com/
   7. mailto:eric@wwahammy.com