My wife avoids updating her devices for as long as possible, because “updates only break things”. I think I’ll keep this news to myself, because otherwise I’ll never hear the end of it.
I finally nudged her from a pixel 4a to an 8a for Christmas, so it is on its way to the retirement drawer.
That’s my strategy too, and after decades in IT I have the experience to prove it.
Yes, there are positive reasons for updates, but I’ve rarely seen unaltered systems break, never hacked (because security is a layered thing). I’ve seen many, many, systems taken down by updates, even after extensive lab testing. Nothing like being on an outage call for 17 hours because an update screwed the pooch on 5,000 machines.
Also, move that phone to Lineage, you won’t regret it. Better battery life out of the gate. Hell, buy another 4a or 5, install Lineage, setup her stuff on it, and simply swap it out.
My wife avoids updating her devices for as long as possible, because “updates only break things”. I think I’ll keep this news to myself, because otherwise I’ll never hear the end of it.
I finally nudged her from a pixel 4a to an 8a for Christmas, so it is on its way to the retirement drawer.
That’s my strategy too, and after decades in IT I have the experience to prove it.
Yes, there are positive reasons for updates, but I’ve rarely seen unaltered systems break, never hacked (because security is a layered thing). I’ve seen many, many, systems taken down by updates, even after extensive lab testing. Nothing like being on an outage call for 17 hours because an update screwed the pooch on 5,000 machines.
Also, move that phone to Lineage, you won’t regret it. Better battery life out of the gate. Hell, buy another 4a or 5, install Lineage, setup her stuff on it, and simply swap it out.