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"the N100 won't get updated beyond the current Android 11 OS" "The phone won't get monthly security updates as they are released" People buying less expensive phones (though $180 is still not cheap) deserve security & privacy just as much as those buying more expensive phones.

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Jan 6, 2021

It's a cheap 90Hz phone... but sadly you'll have to deal with a terrible update plan. #OnePlus trib.al/BDGbHXz

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They need to ship updates provided to them by AOSP and the SoC manufacturer. It's not as if they're creating the updates themselves. It's quite easy to ship these. As long as they don't make non-trivial changes to the OS, it's also not very hard to ship the major updates either.

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I wouldn't go as far as to say it's "easy" due to the fact most are making non-trivial changes, but it is certainly easier than having to do it themselves and should be an expected requirement.

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I think the monthly security updates can be considered easy even for vendors with substantial changes. Making more substantial changes implies having more resources. Most don't make enough changes to have many (or any) conflicts / issues with the monthly security updates.

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Major upgrades are a huge undertaking if they make substantial changes but it's something they take on when they decide to do it. There are 3 years of security updates for each major release though, and they could easily provide those even without doing the major upgrades.

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Major releases do have substantial privacy and security improvements and are quite important for improving the platform for app developers, but security updates are largely separate. Even if they only did 1 major upgrade, they could do 4 years of security updates for it.

4:15 PM · Jan 6, 2021Twitter Web App