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Android phones don't break even if they stop getting updates. Big popular apps like Firefox, Kindle, etc. work on old versions of Android like 6.0. $400+ is sti
by goosedragons 5y ago
Android phones don't break even if they stop getting updates. Big popular apps like Firefox, Kindle, etc. work on old versions of Android like 6.0. $400+ is still a steep upfront cost to a lot of people.
- GeekyBear 5y ago> Android phones don't break even if they stop getting updates. So when Google issues a kernel patch for an actively exploited zero day you aren't vulnerable? Don't be ridiculous.
- goosedragons 5y agoVulnerable != Broken. An iPhone SE is vulnerable to the same bug used by checkra1n. Is it broken?
- GeekyBear 5y agoCheckra1n relies on a hardware issue that cannot be patched. Software zero days can be patched and on Android even the vendors with the best support policies only cover half as many years. Cheap Android phones don't even get that. The OG iPhone SE is on it's sixth year of OS updates. The iPhone 5s just got it's eighth year of security updates.
- goosedragons 5y agoWhich means it's permanently broken by your standards right? Or do you have some sort of non-nonsensical exception for hardware vulnerabilities?
- GeekyBear 5y agoBy your standards a flaw that will never be patched is perfectly acceptable. Even if it's a software flaw that can easily be patched, but the vendor prefers to force you to buy another device and toss the first into a landfill.
- stjohnswarts 5y agoI consider phones that don't have constant security updates as broken as I do a lot of banking and personal communication on my phone. Iphone updates IOS for years and years and I kept my last iphone for 5 years,probably will keep my iphone12 for a similar amount of time barring something catastrophic; it won't be from "desire to get the latest and greatest"