EDIT: Getting a ton of great responses thanks everyone <3 Once this is up for 24 hours or so Iāll make another edit summarizing everyoneās recs for future reference. Keep āem coming!
TL;DR Have any recs for non-Apple phones/laptops that have lifespans of at least 5+ years?
Wanted to get everyoneās opinion on want brands/products have worked for them. Iām lightly techy and not afraid to put some effort in, but also donāt want to build everything from scratch. I think Appleās products are often anti-consumer, anti-privacy, anti-yadda yadda yadda.
At the same time, with both phones and laptops, Iāve found my Apple products to have double or even triple the lifespan of any other brand. I did my research and bought a $1000+ HP laptop with Ryzen7 a little over two years ago, and due to a flaw in the hinge which is now subject to a class action lawsuit, the screen has cracked and itās mostly unusable. Other purchase havenāt failed quite that dramatically but donāt tend to last as long. On the other hand, my or my partnerās old Macbooks and iPhones are easily seeing 5+ years of use in addition to software updates.
So let me know whatās worked for you!
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'Fraid so.
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Being blasted with ads is your idea of a better experience? You and I clearly donāt live in the same reality.
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The browser. You are forced to use Safari. Safari does not allow extensions or otherwise block ads. I use Firefox with uBlock Origin on my phone.
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ABP is, ironically, adware, and probably also malware. Youād be better off with the stock browser.
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