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Do these new versions even matter at this point? We keep getting new ones while the last one barely gets past 10% adoption. Android is mess.
by matchbok 8y ago
Do these new versions even matter at this point? We keep getting new ones while the last one barely gets past 10% adoption. Android is mess.
- viraptor 8y agoThe last one is the one that was a "new version" last year. Now it's past 10% adoption. So yes, you pretty much explained that it matters. https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards https://developer.android.com/about/dashboards Actually 8.x is at 21% and 7.x at 28%. That's half the people on the last 2 versions. Older ones will soon get replaced as those phones start dying.
- matchbok 8y agoSo, 15%? Doesn't seem to matter. The last 3 or 4 android versions really haven't changed much, except useless design updates that confuse users.
- viraptor 8y agoThat's a mix of subjective stuff (you don't like UI changes, I do), and simply missing things like the big platform change in 8.0 which actually speeds up the adoption/updates (project treble). Please don't troll.
- pjmlp 8y agoProject Treble relies on OEMs to actually bother to deliver updates, sofar they have cared so much that Google is finally adding some kind of update clause to Google Play Services access contract.
- viraptor 8y agoA part of that dragging feet was that they had to port all their (imo unnecessary) "value add" every time. This approach from Google actually works from both ends: incentive - you have a portable/stable base, and enforcement - now that you have it, stop doing stupid things.
- pjmlp 8y agoFact is that Project Treble does not sell more phones and still requires OEMs to spend money on development efforts. So unless they are forced to do it, you might get a Project Treble compliant phone, yet get zero updates.