Wasn't EU's right to repair law also mandating at least 5 years of updates? Just make 10.
With all the money these companies make, they can dedicate some people to taking care of legacy hardware.
With all the money these companies make, they can dedicate some people to taking care of legacy hardware.
The recitals say: "In determining a support period, a manufacturer should take into account in particular reasonable user expectations, the nature of the product, as well as relevant Union law determining the lifetime of products with digital elements."
and
"The support period for which the manufacturer ensures the effective handling of vulnerabilities should be no less than five years, unless the lifetime of the product with digital elements is less than five years[...]"
So....it's a bit up to us to ask vendors for updates for older devices so that we can maybe slowly move the baseline of what a "reasonable user expectation" is.
The datacenter is temperature controlled and the air is filtered. The server is locked in the rack and never moves. By comparison, your laptop or your phone go through hell on a daily basis.
I guarantee you however carefully you are handling your device it is a world apart from a datacenter.