All I used the old tablet for was as an e-reader. It got to the point where it would no longer download or display my books. About the only upgrade possible was to put a larger micro SD card in the tablet, and I didn't need to do that. The cost of a new tablet is not prohibitive, but I do hate sending stuff to e-waste. This is the 4th tablet I have recycled in the past decade or so. Three were obsolete, and one just ceased functioning. Most of the old ones had special charging ports, but the latest ones are just mini-USB.

I feel the same way you do. I had to e-cycle my very first tablet, an Asus, when it got stuck buffering and refused to load the desktop. I had hoped to keep it in the car as a camera and music player. I didn't even keep the charger for it because the voltage was 5.2 volts and  the other chargers are 5 volts.   I tried for months to fix it but finally gave up and took it to Best Buy.

Most members here know my interest in extending hardware life as long as possible. While laptops and desktops offer many opportunities for upgrades and a new O/S, I just haven't had the same experience with Android tablets. Recently my 9-year-old Samsung TabA6 7.0 reached its EOL. The version of Android it runs just won't support my e-reader software any longer. It's also slow, memory and storage challenged, and the hardware cannot be upgraded. While it is possible to jump through many hoops to install a newer O/S, the fact you can't upgrade anything is a non-starter for me at least. With Father's Day coming up, I got a new Android TabA9 for around $130 Canadian. The old tablet went to Staples for the recycling pile. It bothers me to contribute to ewaste, but I just don't see an alternative.

Well I think they realized the benefit of open source and how they could use it in their own development. Sort of like Edge is literally Chromium rebranded. You can use chrome extensions in edge and vice versa.