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This is exactly the reason why I don't want a Nexus anymore, getting updates slowly is a feature, instead of playing a beta tester for Googles "ship it" culture

by tdkl 10y ago

This is exactly the reason why I don't want a Nexus anymore, getting updates slowly is a feature, instead of playing a beta tester for Googles "ship it" culture. I switched to iOS on iPhone 5S last year after Lollipop being a shitshow, but iOS 9 has shown me that Apple isn't anything better, because they have to sell new hardware, so gimping older devices on purpose is the name of the game. I don't care about version numbers, if the OS is a stutter show after an update. All those iOS update bragging would be interesting if Apple would allow downgrades to previous major versions of iOS until next one gets released. Now a rule of the thumb is find the device/software you like right now and decide about updating it only after research of feedback.

giovannibajo1 10y ago
Which features did Apple remove or break on your phone with iOS 9? Or are you speaking of new features that you read about and were not added to it? There's a big difference wrt "fear of updating" which is the topic on hand.
- tdkl 10y ago
  It brought stuttering performance when scrolling lists throughout the system on the 5S (mine) and 6 (from a friend). Even the 6S was stuttering on certain portions, but they somehow "mended" that (I say mended because they didn't bother much with 6 and 5S). They switched from OpenGL to Metal in iOS 9 for the first time, so it had to do something with it. There isn't anything UI wise in iOS 9 that would explain the difference in drawing performance. After the signing window was closed, I was stuck with it. I tried ongoing betas until 9.2, but then just had enough and sold it. I refuse to buy into the Apple greed of selling new hardware with shoddy software updates and so far I've read at the time, this wasn't the first time (iOS 7). The majority of non-power users just think "hey phone is too old I have to upgrade" and buy a new device. I mentioned fear of updating because this was the second time in one year I was burned with an update on two different platforms. The grass isn't greener on the other side.
xbmcuser 10y ago
Google has changed their way of doing things a lot over the years many parts have been moved over to Google play so that they can be updated separately. They have also released Android N to oems so that the oems can start working on porting it a lot earlier. The problem is that oem sell hardware so have little incentives to keep updating the older devices. Although another change is starting in Oem where the number of different hardware versions produced are being brought down. Although Samsung is the biggest oem for Android and they have the worst system. Samsung to me has the power to release the same phone for all carriers and regions and also stop carriers putting bloat on the device like Apple does.

by tdkl 10y ago

giovannibajo1 10y ago

Which features did Apple remove or break on your phone with iOS 9? Or are you speaking of new features that you read about and were not added to it? There's a big difference wrt "fear of updating" which is the topic on hand.

tdkl 10y ago
It brought stuttering performance when scrolling lists throughout the system on the 5S (mine) and 6 (from a friend). Even the 6S was stuttering on certain portions, but they somehow "mended" that (I say mended because they didn't bother much with 6 and 5S). They switched from OpenGL to Metal in iOS 9 for the first time, so it had to do something with it. There isn't anything UI wise in iOS 9 that would explain the difference in drawing performance. After the signing window was closed, I was stuck with it. I tried ongoing betas until 9.2, but then just had enough and sold it. I refuse to buy into the Apple greed of selling new hardware with shoddy software updates and so far I've read at the time, this wasn't the first time (iOS 7). The majority of non-power users just think "hey phone is too old I have to upgrade" and buy a new device. I mentioned fear of updating because this was the second time in one year I was burned with an update on two different platforms. The grass isn't greener on the other side.

xbmcuser 10y ago

Google has changed their way of doing things a lot over the years many parts have been moved over to Google play so that they can be updated separately. They have also released Android N to oems so that the oems can start working on porting it a lot earlier. The problem is that oem sell hardware so have little incentives to keep updating the older devices. Although another change is starting in Oem where the number of different hardware versions produced are being brought down. Although Samsung is the biggest oem for Android and they have the worst system. Samsung to me has the power to release the same phone for all carriers and regions and also stop carriers putting bloat on the device like Apple does.