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I'll pile on with a "Yup!"
While I fell into a pattern where I intend to upgrade every 2 years maybe 5 or 6 years ago, I've noticed in that same time frame that both the cost of new devices has gone up significantly and the durability of those devices has dropped.
I'm very easy on my phones. They spend a vast majority of their time on my desk, or plugged into my car. I'm old and boring enough that "going out" involves sitting down at a table at a nice dinner with friends and then going home. That said, the battery life on my phones starts to degrade after about a year. Various flaws start to creep up in the device. I've already had to replace the screen on my Pixel 7 Pro once -- though, to be fair, it took a tumble from the couch onto a hardwood floor, but even that, really, shouldn't turn the screen non-functional.
It's disappointing to see that planned obsolescence rearing its head.
See, I am not easy on my phones and I wish they were more durable/glove friendly.
Pixels have extremely thin screens, apparently. I tried to get the battery replaced on an otherwise perfectly functioning Pixel a few years ago, but it ended up being cost prohibitive because replacing the battery also required replacing the screen which was "potato chip thin" according to the repair guy, and it was almost impossible to swap the battery without breaking it.