I suspect that is part of the issue being targetted. No one should want a phone that is only good for the next X months use. Why should they?
That said, my semi mobile, (it is useless for home use) is out of updates since a year or two back. I put nothing of value on the semi brick. Banking on a postage stamp screen is for the birds, not me; I want to sit at a desk to deal with such work.