> But there will be people with consumer devices left on versions released with their weird SoC which could potentially get at least some updates through the LT

> But there will be people with consumer devices left on versions released with their weird SoC which could potentially get at least some updates through the LTS channels. How does this remotely affect the status quo? Device vendors don't even deem it necessary to supply OTA updates for LTS releases of the kernel for non-flagships, much less the entire 6 year range. Adding to this, I don't know of any end user device that has ever taken advantage of the benefits posed by LTS releases of the kernel.