Garmin routinely stops all development for even the flagship model just a few years back, bugs be damned

my Fenix6 still doesn't work correctly, no more updates

People dropping $1000+ on a Garmin better understand that's just for a few years, not a decade

On my Fenix 6, Bluetooth volume control broke after a few years, and now the volume slider does nothing, which the hivemind confirmed.

So, it is in fact worse than not getting upgrades, the software actually deteriorated over its lifecycle.

on the flip side, my 12 year old garmin fenix 3 still works great. I finally upgraded to an instinct crossover last year because I wanted the mechanical hands and a smaller face, but the old Fenix is still great.