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This is wonderful to see. I often see apologists claim that supporting old products is SO MUCH WORK and companies can't afford the developer time and money to
by johnklos 4y ago
This is wonderful to see.
I often see apologists claim that supporting old products is SO MUCH WORK and companies can't afford the developer time and money to support them, as if supporting an older device requires several full time people to do nothing but constantly pore over source trees in a never ending loop.
Apple did something similar when they had Airport updates for devices going back to the Airport Express from 2008.
Kudos for not cutting people off after three years, like Google does with Android.
- izacus 4y agoPatches like this are released for Android all the way back to version 6, which goes back for longer than iOS 12 support. You're comparing a modular OS against one that needs a full update for a browser patch and it's not the same thing.
- pjmlp 4y agoPity that OEMs don't deliver them to our devices, regardless of what is on the AOSP source code repository, including Google themselves after 4 years.
- izacus 4y agoWhat are you talking about? The WebView patches (and Mainline/Apex and other services) are being delivered to all devices.
- pjmlp 4y agoNo they aren't, only since Android 10 and later, and only the APEX modules marked as updatable via Play Store, and for everything else, those lucky owners of flagship phones might get a couple of additional updates. Lets not mix up Google's marketing with what happens on the field.
- izacus 4y agoWebView is not an APEX module, it predates them.