I wonder if Google will brag about that number at its next I/O event. "We're now at 1.3 billion outdated Android devices in-use" - Applause I've lost hope that

I wonder if Google will brag about that number at its next I/O event. "We're now at 1.3 billion outdated Android devices in-use" - Applause I've lost hope that Google will ever do anything meaningful about this situation, when they can't even approach the iPhone in updates when their very own Pixel devices. This is despite now having a standard hardware abstraction framework for their devices and having a kernel that will be supported for 6 years. Even so, they can't commit to updating their devices for the time these devices for at least 80% of their lifecycles. What's a smartphone lifecycle? Well it's certainly not 2 years. The 2 year old phones will not just be thrown into the garbage. They'll either be sold on second hand markets or they'll be given to other family members, who will then use it for at least another 2 years themselves. Google, and really all makers of "smart" devices, should be supporting hardware at least until only 10-20% of those devices remain in active use. Kind of like how Microsoft couldn't quit supporting Windows XP when it was at 20%, even though it was already like 12 years old. Only when Windows XP got to below 10% or something, Microsoft stopped supporting it for consumers at least, and even then it will be supported until 2019 for enterprise customers. Ideally this is how all devices should be supported - until they have fewer than 10% of the customers use them anymore. But as an absolute minimum, they should at least follow the 80/20 power Pareto principle, and update the devices until less than 20% of the people use them anymore. I know this logic isn't totally alien to Google because they are applying it to the supported OS versions by their Play services and APIs for Android. If 25% of the Pixel 2 devices (which come with Project Treble and a 6-year supported LTS kernel) are still in active use after 3 years, then Google should be supporting the Pixel 2 for at least 4 years (at least with security patches). But as I said, this should be the bare minimum, like something I'd expect from LG. Google should not stop support until fewer than 10% of the Pixel 2 users have stopped using it.