So Google's top-notch $649 phone will only get security updates for 3 years after its launch?
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Replying to @lorenzofb @khaxan
This would not be an issue if (1) Android userspace were 100% device-independent so same updates worked on all devices, and...
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...and if (2) they insisted all SoC drivers be written properly & upstreamable so they wouldn't be stuck with abandoned kernel forks.
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And the reason they don't do this is largely the fault of Linux's awful monolithic design wrt drivers. :-(
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