What? Most phones sold today do NOT have replaceable batteries.
>For some people, particularly the elderly, the young, and the poor, they'll use it until it literally stops working at all because they literally cannot afford otherwise.
One can get a new Android phone from Amazon for $50 no contract. Landlines still exist and are almost available anywhere unlike cell coverage.
>Cell phones are a literal lifeline device...
I could live with a dumb phone as my PC is way more important. When are we going to make Microsoft start to provide security updates to XP again?
You must be like 20 years old... I hate to break it to you but no one needs a cell phone to survive.
>This is why the security updates either must be performed by the companies in question through the actual use lifetime of the device...
Well start writing Congress but personally I don't want my new phone to be another $50 more because the OEM is required to provide security updates for phones 5 or more years old.