>Why is it that Android manufacturers just don't care? Is it too much work for a market of hundreds of thousands of users (and growing)? It's the same reason c

>Why is it that Android manufacturers just don't care? Is it too much work for a market of hundreds of thousands of users (and growing)? It's the same reason car manufacturers basically dont care about your car once it drives off the dealership lot. Why Tesla continuing to update has been a new era of your car getting better after purchase giving Tesla a huge value advantage. Which later turned into a negative as they can decide to brick your car on a highway, but that's another discussion. Whereas android auto was supposed to make the cars less obsolete from an infotainment pov anyway. But also dont just jump to 'cost center' and corporate greed. They have a bigger problem to deal with. Aging batteries that take a beating from being dropped. Everyone drops their phone. If they built these to last 10 years. The battery degradation of dropping to 50-70% original capacity would make their brand look bad. There would certainly be way more cellphones bursting and catching fire in public. The balance is then in the pudding. Sell more every 3 years, or 5 or 7, and keep on the cutting edge. This is also why there's no rush toward better batteries. If solid state batteries in cellphones become a thing, then replacing your cellphone may drop; and so will their bottom line.