The updates thing may change once Android 8 becomes more common, as they have now taken a clue from their ChromeOS experience and decoupled the UI/app layer fro

The updates thing may change once Android 8 becomes more common, as they have now taken a clue from their ChromeOS experience and decoupled the UI/app layer from the core OS layer. Thus getting updates out there for the UI layer will not be hampered by having Qualcomm etc drop support for their SOCs 12 months after initial introduction (meaning 6 months before they start showing up in the first devices). And frankly i don't see how much difference there really is between Apple and Google here. Google offer a bunch of compatibility tools etc that allow new APIs to function (up to a point) on older devices. Similarly Apple will regularly leave out big ticket items on their updates for older devices, meaning that if it is something the app dev wants to make use of they can only support the newest Apple is shipping. Never mind that i hear again and again that getting the latest iOS on an older device makes said device slow as a slug.