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It’s kinda hard to accept they are debuting paid work on something that only works on pre-2022 devices... I do understand the recycling idea behind this, but next time I change my phone and look up for a linux compatible phone, I already know I won’t be buying a pre-2022 device :(..
perhaps there are markets where this is much more common than we are used to.
There are more recent devices (ie Fairphone 5) that seem to be pretty good spot (check the wiki, and regardless this is a really good phone to get) But I get your point.