I think something got lost in translation - I'm not saying for the manufacturers NOT to release updates. I'm advocating for the ability for people like me to b

I think something got lost in translation - I'm not saying for the manufacturers NOT to release updates. I'm advocating for the ability for people like me to be able to apply the patches manually - and thus as a result the ability to remove and tweak the underlying OS to my liking. As it stands right now I can't do that due to proprietary drivers. > What proportion of Android users do you think would be left unpatched? But I'll humor you. Analyzing the breakdown of Android devices [1] - I would argue at this point devices running 4.2.X and lower will never see another update (because 4.2 is almost 3 years old - if there is an upgrade available people haven't or will never upgrade). That is about 34% of Android devices who will, arguably, never see another update. I do like how they left off Honeycomb (3.X) - I know for a fact there are still devices out there running it so that graph is a little off. [1] http://www.droid-life.com/2015/08/03/android-distribution-august-2015-lollipop/ http://www.droid-life.com/2015/08/03/android-distribution-au...