I dunno, seems a stretch to blame the kernel for e-waste when theres tons of other well funded parties creating the waste in the first place with zero intention

I dunno, seems a stretch to blame the kernel for e-waste when theres tons of other well funded parties creating the waste in the first place with zero intention of supporting the device beyond a year, let alone enabling anyone else to support it. The android ecosystem is already better than the completely proprietary feature phones of before.