@owl @resist1984 @rysiek the problem is that most of the people want to change phone every 1-2years. Even if they're are forced to take a loan for that or they take a subsidised phone from the carrier. You don't have to have law for everything until you have to manage a mob.
@Br0m3x @rysiek @owl The OCD phone upgrading disease that inflicts many Americans is separate problem, which happens to hide the problem of designed obsolescence. Belgium solved the OCD consumption problem by banning the practice of locking phones to plans (which encourages ppl to upgrade needlessly at the end of their contracts).
@Br0m3x @rysiek @owl But the problem remains that manufacturers will offer 1 or 2 Android OS upgrades, and then quit, leaving users with a phone that has just fine hardware, but AOS is too old. I have an android that's trapped on AOS 2.3. Since the drivers are proprietary, I can't just upgrade it myself.
