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> But how? Ask that your average parent using an Android 6 from a decade ago, not being able to update because the manufacturer decided to not support their de
by cookiengineer 4y ago
> But how?
Ask that your average parent using an Android 6 from a decade ago, not being able to update because the manufacturer decided to not support their devices anymore after a year.
There is no such thing as an updateable Android, because something will always be outdated. Even lineageOS builds are using decades old kernels and kernel mods that have never been backported or upstreamed.
Android has a huge update problem. I'd probably bet that stagefright or, say, the pegasus zeroday for whatsapp works still on a large percentage of devices even though it was leaked more than 5 years ago.
- blacksmith_tb 4y agoHmm, if someone is using a phone from a decade ago, they will certainly be vulnerable to evil charging stations, as their battery will almost certainly be extremely tired (then again, phones that old were a lot easier to replace batteries in, so maybe there's some hope).