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This is a terrible precedent Google is setting, and it is going to cause considerable harm if it gains traction: It's one thing to stop upgrading "older" device

This is a terrible precedent Google is setting, and it is going to cause considerable harm if it gains traction: It's one thing to stop upgrading "older" devices, but quite another to actually break critical, regulated functionality. The Google employee who decided this was a "small" issue apparently doesn't realize that the inoperation of basic voice functionality of cellular devices is the fuel for fat, deserved lawsuits. I have a Nexus 5, have no interest in the Nexus 6, and could easily think "Oh well...upgrade", but as the old saying goes -- first they abandoned the Nexus 4, and I didn't speak up...

Touche 12y ago
I think they are starting to regret the Nexus line as they don't make any money off of it and users have high expectations. You can tell, imo, that they are looking to just slowly kill it off.
- patentAbuse 12y ago
  The Nexus line really saved Android -- it was always the excuse (the best word I can think of) when other devices had update, performance, or security issues. "Well it isn't Android, it's Samsung/HTC/Motorola/Sony/etc, because my Nexus...". It was a critical line. Google may have killed the Nexus line by making the 9 and 6 so uncompelling, but I doubt it was intentional. They're just a company that has a chronic difficulty prioritizing customer service. Further I don't really think it's "high expectations" to demand that voice functionality works (again, this stuff gets you in serious trouble with regulators. If this were raised to the FTC and/or CRTC, you can bet Google would find a fix extremely quickly).
Spooky23 12y ago
This isn't new. We basically banished android a few years ago when an active sync bug on a few thousand devices killed our on-prem exchange. The workaround was literally to land something like 8-12 servers. Filed a bug with Google, they closed it. The handset vendor fixed it, but the carrier refused to release it. So we made the carrier take them back and give us iPhones. (One of those rare times when it's fun to work for a massive bureaucracy!) Never looked back.

Touche 12y ago

I think they are starting to regret the Nexus line as they don't make any money off of it and users have high expectations. You can tell, imo, that they are looking to just slowly kill it off.

patentAbuse 12y ago
The Nexus line really saved Android -- it was always the excuse (the best word I can think of) when other devices had update, performance, or security issues. "Well it isn't Android, it's Samsung/HTC/Motorola/Sony/etc, because my Nexus...". It was a critical line. Google may have killed the Nexus line by making the 9 and 6 so uncompelling, but I doubt it was intentional. They're just a company that has a chronic difficulty prioritizing customer service. Further I don't really think it's "high expectations" to demand that voice functionality works (again, this stuff gets you in serious trouble with regulators. If this were raised to the FTC and/or CRTC, you can bet Google would find a fix extremely quickly).

Spooky23 12y ago

This isn't new. We basically banished android a few years ago when an active sync bug on a few thousand devices killed our on-prem exchange. The workaround was literally to land something like 8-12 servers. Filed a bug with Google, they closed it. The handset vendor fixed it, but the carrier refused to release it. So we made the carrier take them back and give us iPhones. (One of those rare times when it's fun to work for a massive bureaucracy!) Never looked back.