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Well I'm disappointed about them dropping their phone project. There's too few players in the phone OS market and Android just has a woeful security ecosystem;
by wallacoloo 10y ago
Well I'm disappointed about them dropping their phone project. There's too few players in the phone OS market and Android just has a woeful security ecosystem; most shipped devices only receive updates for a year or two at most. I'm still on Android 4.3 and really don't have any trust in my phone.
I'll still hold out hope that someday an OS that is similar enough to desktop Linux - one that can ship updates independent of the carrier or manufacturer - will rise and fill that void.
- tracker1 10y agoAnd it's really unfortunate that more devices aren't more open... considering there are plenty of third party ROMs with newer builds, but only as long as the binary drivers can be ripped out of other devices for new versions. I've been using mostly devices supported by third party roms from the start, but that doesn't always mean the latest and greatest hardware. Currently on a Nexus 6P and will probably move to Lineage when it's no longer supported.