For example, I only buy/use old high-end (for their day) business class laptops and put linux on them. They work for everything I need to write and surf.
I also bought an iPhone that was already a few years old and plan to keep it until it stops getting security updates from Apple. I also moved from Android to Apple not because I like iPhones better (I don’t, really), but because the years of security updates (versus maybe one or two, on Android) matters to me.
I remember going to computer shows back in the day where the parts were way cheaper than what you could get with a pre-built. It was to the point where you’d question if this stuff was legit or possibly stolen. It just happened to be that these parts were coming straight from the vendors in China and weren’t being marked up crazy. Those were fun days. Now everything is very serious.
<sigh> Yes.