I'm not sure if that's just the spin of the article, but isn't it odd that the fate of the device just depends on a single volunteer spending his time on making

I'm not sure if that's just the spin of the article, but isn't it odd that the fate of the device just depends on a single volunteer spending his time on making it usable? It seems surreal how fragile the phone OS ecosystem is. It wouldn't even be a big burden for the producers to, say, dedicate 1-2 staff days/month to this effort. Instead we all buy devices that expect to be bricked after 3 years unless volunteers step up.