it is madness. I'm still using a pixel 6 and it works great. no need to constantly upgrade any more.
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The pattern with google is that they force ur hand. They will program ur pixel to play dead or push u to upgrade the software. The twist is that the software can only be upgrade on new device. So that how the cycle goes. U are the boilling frog.
The solution is in " the early years of bitcoin " = new hardware no bound, build and maintain by u. If u are lazy with any step on that thought pay the price.