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The manufacturers do not have the problem. They created a problem for many users as a side effect of forced obsolescence making consumers in richer countries bu
by ptero 2y ago
The manufacturers do not have the problem. They created a problem for many users as a side effect of forced obsolescence making consumers in richer countries buy new hardware every few years.
So it is not really "self created" in my book.
- croes 2y agoDidn't Google create the problem. They could have made the Android core updatable without the need for a manufacturer update
- ptero 2y agoGoogle certainly contributed to it. But whether the issue for consumers was caused by hardware makers or by OS makers it is not a self-imposed wound for the consumers -- they had nothing to do with it.
- philistine 2y agoThe original sin of Android was that it was made for phone manufacturers, not end-users. And phone manufacturers were in turn subservient to cellular companies. Back then cellular companies demanded network-specific devices, with network-specific software. Android was made to fit right into this relationship. The continuing problem with Android, and a display of Google's lost interest in Android, is that they still stick to this paradigm in 2024. Nowadays phone manufacturers ship stock Android with add-ons, and cellular companies no longer have the power to demand anything. If Apple can ship iOS 18 worldwide next Monday, why can't Google?