"Blame Qualcomm" This seems incredibly dubious as an excuse (for a variety of technical and business reasons), but has been the Google get out of jail card for

"Blame Qualcomm" This seems incredibly dubious as an excuse (for a variety of technical and business reasons), but has been the Google get out of jail card for a decade+ now. More likely Google loses interest, the devices no longer make them any money and they want to wipe their hands of them.