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What technical issues did you ignore for an extended period of time? (leminal.space)

submitted 10 months ago by CorrodedCranium@leminal.space to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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On my old phone I had an issue with the proximity sensor and front facing camera. This led me to holding my phone backwards to take photos and being unable to hang up phone calls.

I think I put up with this for a year and a half.

I did end up figuring out the issue with the proximity sensor but opening up my phone to reconnect the camera module was too much effort for me.

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[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 27 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I knew a woman who used an iPhone 6 up until I think 2022.

Her secret was she never did updates. And lo and behold, the phone kept working fine and she never felt any need to get a new one. By the end, the battery lasted about 15-20 minutes.

[–] PlexSheep@feddit.de 23 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This is pretty horrible to hear as someone working in security. Just because it works does not mean you should do it.

I imagine her data gets lost multiple times per year.

[–] mozz@mbin.grits.dev 6 points 10 months ago

I don’t disagree - I should make clear; I’m not saying this as an example of a good thing you should do (hence why I posted it in this thread), more as a data point about how happy Apple is to break their stuff for old hardware holders and to give some perspective on how they use software updates to encourage hardware purchases.

[–] scytale@lemm.ee 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

My 6s still works. I did have the battery replaced 3 years ago because I expected to continue to use it a couple more years. I got a new phone last year but my old one is still happily running.

[–] datavoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago

It belongs in a museum!

[–] Bezier@suppo.fi 2 points 10 months ago

So did I, it was just fine. Though I kept it updated and replaced the battery once.