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Only 1 in 3 Euro consumers are trading in their old phones (www.theregister.com)
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[–] 11 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

I tend to keep them around tbh. Sometimes I install random shit on them or use them for funny projects. I only miss one because it broke completely. The other 2 old phones are still here. I also don't buy a new phone every year so maybe that helps

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (2 children)

    I still have my old phone since it has at least one paid app on it that was removed from the Play store. I can't download the app I paid money for to my new phone, but I can still use the copy installed on my old phone.

    Realizing this has completely dissuaded me from spending money on apps, but that's a whole other thing...

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah I have the same with Rollercoaster Tycoon classic. I spent money for it and really enjoyed it, but instead of patching that version for newer phones they just released a "new" version that's compatible with newer phones. I should've expected this from Atari, but damn it's so scummy

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    In my case it was a music composition app (Xewton Music Studio) that used to have both Android and iOS versions, but then some other company bought them out and discontinued the Android version.

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