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You're holding it wrong.

Phones should be required to get (at least) security updates for (at least) the same period as they are covered by repairability requirements.

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Linux LTS is not even supported for 7 years, but only 4 years for the latest one. It's not a linear function for how much it costs to add another year of support.

Nothing says that they can't ship a newer version of device software, if they find that less costly (as long as the newer sw fully supports the device, of course).

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