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I sit here staring at my Moto G5+ still running Android 7.0 with kernel 3.18 and I pledge that my next phone will likely be an iPhone because they get 5 years o
by BugsJustFindMe 8y ago
I sit here staring at my Moto G5+ still running Android 7.0 with kernel 3.18 and I pledge that my next phone will likely be an iPhone because they get 5 years of steady updates.
This is not the phone vendor's fault. It's Google's fault for choosing an OS design that puts kernel updates at the mercy of component manufacturers and network operators that they then have no dealings with. Probably trillions of dollars have been collectively wasted and numerous landfills sites filled because device drivers aren't decoupled from the core of the OS by a clean interface.
Android phones never getting updated has been old news basically since the first Android phones. How many years has it been?
- giancarlostoro 8y agoDunno but every LG phone I have bought from the "G" series has kept getting update for the last 5 or more years. It may not always be kept up with whats hot and buzzing but its better than no updates. But I agree... One of the biggest things of Linux is package managers... Why didnt google do a clean package management setup is beyond me.
- chronid 8y agoIt's not a package management issue. A lot of vendors use drivers developed by their suppliers, and the internal API of the kernel is known for not being really stable. So if you want to update the kernel, you need to update the driver - which a supplier may be not really keen to do. :)