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What Android hardware catastrophe? I'm not being facetious, I'm genuinely curious.

• olalonde 14y ago
  Perhaps he is referring to hardware fragmentation? Calling it a catastrophe seems a bit exaggerated given the enormous success of Android though.
  • zerostar07 14y ago
    "a bit exaggerated" or "wild distortion of facts" ?
    • prezjordan 14y ago
      A bit exaggerated. The direction Android has taken really rubs me the wrong way. The hot new phone is obsolete after 3 months and stuck with an old OS unless you root. It's not a trend I can appreciate the way I did when Android first surfaced.
      • pook1e 14y ago
        I never understand this argument. How is an Android phone more obsolete than an iPhone after 3 months? Technology progresses just as fast in both cases.
        • RobAtticus 14y ago
          I think he was referring to the fact that many Android phones don't receive updates after the first few months, whereas iPhones are typically receiving updates at least 2 years after release.
          • pook1e 14y ago
            Fair enough. I assumed he was talking about being obsolete hardware wise. I'll agree that Android updates aren't exactly timely, but saying they're abandoned completely after a few months is a bit unfair.
            • jekub 14y ago
              This show that it's not so unfair : http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphans-visualizing-a-sad-history-of-support http://theunderstatement.com/post/11982112928/android-orphan...
      • zerostar07 14y ago
        "Catastrophe" is a word describing a grave disaster. I suppose you would characterize the IBM PC explosion as a catastrophe as well?
• ZeroGravitas 14y ago
  And more importantly, by what theory is Linux being held responsible for it? I'm not genuinely curious, I'm just being facetious.
• zobzu 14y ago
  then again most drivers for the "android hardware" are proprietary.