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Google never forbid updating phones... They forbid forking Android.

• cma 7y ago
  That's what he said. They didn't forbid it, but they also didn't mandate it be allowed.
  • GeekyBear 7y ago
    In contrast, Apple did forbid carriers to block software updates in it's contracts with them. It's a matter of who you think your customers are. Google sides with advertisers, device makers, and carriers and not it's end users.
  • ApolloFortyNine 7y ago
    I fail to see the relevance of Samsung not updating their phones to Google not wanting Android to be forked. If Samsung had forked Android, they still wouldn't update old phones.