Poor support from Samsung

Took in my Samsung Gear S3 Frontier watch to Samsung for a battery replacement, only to be told that because the watch is older than 5 years Samsung does not stock replacement parts (including batteries) for the watch. In a telephone conversation with their technical support, I was told to keep using the watch until the battery packs up and then to throw it away! Nice customer service Samsung on one of your expensive products. It now makes more economic sense to buy a cheaper smar****ch at 1/6th of the price of a Samsung watch and then to throw it away after 1 year of usage!