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It's not even just downstream vendors. Google itself only supports its devices for three years. I bought a Pixel 4a on release in 2020 and next month will be my
by mminer237 3y ago
It's not even just downstream vendors. Google itself only supports its devices for three years. I bought a Pixel 4a on release in 2020 and next month will be my last security update.
https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705 https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4457705
Can you imagine if Apple or Microsoft stopped making OS updates for CPUs more than three years old?
- IAmLiterallyAB 3y agoThey've bumped it up to 5 years for Pixel 6 and later https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705#zippy=%2Cpixel-later https://support.google.com/pixelphone/answer/4457705#zippy=%...
- doubled112 3y agoI was annoyed when the announced 1st gen Ryzen isn't supported in Windows 11.
- needusername 3y agoYou can’t expect part time open source contributors to work for free for you. Instead volunteer to take over maintenance by reviewing PRs and traiging user bug reports.
- superlupo 3y agoBut you still get security fixes for Windows 10 for years to come
- someguy7250 3y agoI've been using third party ROMs on Pixel 3. They receive monthly security updates to some extent, but obviously the hardware specific "vendor binaries" are still outdated. Frankly, I cared more about the open nature of the ROM than about security/privacy. These days, I assume all my data is available for sale everywhere anyways.