> You misunderstood my comment.. this level of "support" is based on hacks = volunteer work, where the community working together (for free) is able to support

> You misunderstood my comment.. this level of "support" is based on hacks = volunteer work, where the community working together (for free) is able to support one device "almost" completely after only 8 years, relying on hacks/reverse engineering etc.. I guess you have not seen any of actual Qualcomm code yet to say that, Qualcomm code is really what you would define as a pile hacks. Made by hardware engineers with no regards for code quality, maintainability or mainlinability. OnePlus 6 comparatively is almost mainlined properly from start to finish, with a level of quality that you have nowhere in the mobile world. Sure this smartphone a bit older but remember the Nokia N900 is still supported and it went out in 2009. Mainlining mobile devices is very hard, but that's not hacks, that's how it's supposed to be done.