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> any normal OEM's support? What "normal OEM support" (like which company, for example?) has been good at regularly releasing security patches and keeping on t
by Erlich_Bachman 6y ago
> any normal OEM's support?
What "normal OEM support" (like which company, for example?) has been good at regularly releasing security patches and keeping on top of various vulnerabilities? Especially past the 1-2 years after the release date of the device? Especially if you consider those companies that without any real consent from you install dozens of their own adware and spyware on each update that you can't even remove (like you can't remove system apps in android, only "disable" them, to make the phone nag you all the time to re-enable them).
Not having to rely on the joke of the "OEM support" from the big companies is the very reason to use these open phones.
- kec 6y agoApple’s average full support for iPhone is trending to around 4-5 years since launch. Several times they’ve issued critical security updates years after ending official support.
- labawi 6y agoTo be fair, they are an outlier, so not really normal in that sense.
- fsflover 6y agoNot even mentioning that after 4-5 years iphones turn into a brick with no possibility to install or update anything.
- def_true_false 6y agoFor someone who needs to run Android apps (read everyone not bought into Apple's walled garden), that's as useful as a brick. Do they even have a browser other than Safari?
- nickspacek 6y agoI was surprised that my company issued Samsung S7 only stopped receiving updates earlier this year. It was released in 2016.