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The Google Pixel 8 series receives 7 years of updates. And unlike Apple they are upfront about it, which is important. Maybe your iPhone gets 8 years of update
by nolist_policy 3y ago
The Google Pixel 8 series receives 7 years of updates.
And unlike Apple they are upfront about it, which is important. Maybe your iPhone gets 8 years of updates, maybe 6 noone knows.
- GeekyBear 3y agoI'm not sure why anyone would take Google seriously when it comes to sticking to their word, but Google is merely promising to deliver in the future what Apple has already been doing in the past, since that iPhone SE is already in it's eighth year of support. Remember Google promising to never link your advertising profile with the other data they had about you when they bought DoubleClick?
- nolist_policy 3y agoGoogle certainly delivered on 8 (now even 10) years of updates for Chromebooks. And advertising n years of updates is legally binding in a way. Apple can stop updating tomorrow if they feel like it. Google can't.
- GeekyBear 3y agoGoogle literally testified before Congress that they wouldn't link their user data with advertising profiles when they bought DoubleClick. That didn't stop them from doing it anyway. I think the fact that Apple started delivering long term support over a decade ago is much more compelling.
- talldayo 3y agoI think the fact that Apple has refused to unlock iPhone bootloaders for over a decade suggests that they can't naturally compel hardware upgrades without artificially depreciating software.
- GeekyBear 3y agoIn the time since both devices shipped in 2016, refusing to provide support after three years has been a much more effective strategy to force users to toss out the original Pixel Phone than Apple's strategy of continuing to offer software support for the original iPhone SE through to the current year.
- talldayo 3y agoTough, me and my Pixel 2 will have to agree to disagree on that one.