But thinking about it, the 2 I have I am pretty sure I bought in 2018 or something like that and they still work great. Zero pressure to upgrade. (which is likely not what Apple really wants). But it feels wild that my device released in 2017 is still getting software updates.
One of the reasons I love Apple products for my relatives who aren't tech savvy is that I can just send them to the Apple Store when they have problems. I know the Apple Store isn't going to give them some high-pressure sales pitch to get them to upgrade an iPad that works fine for them or try to put some scummy anti-virus on their MacBook and charge them for it. Sure, people on HN might know how to avoid that, but I'm so sick of relatives buying a PC and then calling me 6 months later saying "I'm getting notices on my laptop that my computer is at risk and I need to subscribe to anti-virus," because it had a trial of some crappy AV. Windows keeps putting more ads into its system. It's just infuriating trying to help non-tech-savvy relatives in an increasingly user-hostile tech world.