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I wonder if things would change if the os updates were handled by a different vendor, i.e. a model where the phone makers sold hardware and os vendors sold inst
by abawany 6y ago
I wonder if things would change if the os updates were handled by a different vendor, i.e. a model where the phone makers sold hardware and os vendors sold installs/updates? Maybe if the motivations of phone makers were decoupled from the os vendors, then phones could be supported a while longer due to the os vendors desire to improve their profit?
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- Arubis 6y agoThere’d need to be some fairly heavy regulation in place to keep the separate vendors from collaborating/colluding. Intel and Microsoft were perfectly happy to keep their shared customer base on a rapid, predictable upgrade path for about two decades. Granted, of course, the upgrades were _attractive_ so long as Moore’s Law held out.
- SilasX 6y agoSo like Windows in the 90s? That was it’s own nightmare for gaming with random crashes and games not working.
- phatfish 6y agoI think the OP means like Windows now. My laptop doesn't get Windows updates held back because Dell wants to sell me the latest model. Drivers are also much better with the original vendors version most likely working fine even if it's not on the laptop manufactures list of tested drivers. Desktops are effected even less.