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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Chris Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.mobile.ipad Subject: Re: Apple publicly apologizes for celebrating its destruction of the human experience Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 06:39:32 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Tue, 14 May 2024 08:39:32 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="10deed5014a4d874225bba4705a4683a"; logging-data="37382"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+yfFC7G0w36QFBTXQSYPDUZHSvMHUe1Us=" User-Agent: NewsTap/5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) Cancel-Lock: sha1:Vb295l/+9nfWuE+a6Uhs15fOQsw= sha1:vi5ORnv4u4GPV0Z/TkLhYlYlZ4k= Bytes: 2974 Andrew wrote: > Chris wrote on Mon, 13 May 2024 06:43:02 -0000 (UTC) : > >> That doesn't contradict what I wrote. This is a recently announced change >> and is the policy only of Samsung (and google) not Android. What will other >> manufacturers do? > > It was five years prior, where I got my set of free Samsung Galaxy A32-5G > phones way back in 2020 and they're all still fully updated and have had > four major Android upgrades and monthly hotfix security updates all along. Rather than use pointless anecdotes, including my iphone XR from 2019 which has had 5 full upgrades and is still fully supported, let's look at the facts shall we? https://endoflife.date/iphone Oldest models still supported: 6s/6s Plus Released: Sep 2015 No. major updates: 6 https://endoflife.date/samsung-mobile Oldest models still supported: Galaxy A01/A51* Released: Dec 2018 No. major updates: ? * S20 models (from 2020) are no longer supported https://endoflife.date/pixel Oldest models still supported: Pixel 5a Released: Aug 2021 No. major updates: 3 Doesn't look so great for Samsung or particularly Google. It's obvious why they've had to announce better support.