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What are the "AK-47" of items? (cheap, durable, just works) (reddthat.com)

submitted 2 days ago by POTOOOOOOOO@reddthat.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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This is not a conversation about guns. This is a conversation about items that have withstood abuse that are near unbreakable.

Some items I have heard referenced as AK47 of:

Gerber MP600: It's a multi tool

Old Thinkpad Laptops

Mag lights

Toyota Hilux

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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Google Pixel phones, with GraphineOS you can keep using it for a decade or more

[–] LowtierComputer@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Or, for longer, LineageOS

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I was under the impression that Graphene OS stops support for Pixel models at the same time as Google does.

[–] 01011@monero.town 1 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago)

Is there a reason why nobody has ported postmarketos to any of the pixel devices?

[–] MrFunnyMoustache@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You're correct, GrapheneOS is just for privacy and security, not to keep devices out of the landfill. LineageOS keeps devices up for super long. The first gen Pixel is still officially supported with Android 14, and I've seen an unofficial build for a Nexus 4, a 2012 phone...

[–] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thus us true for security updates 7 years is the stock timeframe.

[–] anguo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

7 years is only for newer models.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 1 day ago

Not without cracking it open to swap the battery.

[–] tetris11@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of them have pretty good PostmarketOS support too, so can double down as a Linux server if you ever move on to another devicd

[–] dan@upvote.au 2 points 11 hours ago

I have a Galaxy S3 somewhere, which is apparently supported by PostmarketOS. Interesting.