Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source capacity over the last decade.

Google’s Android, the world’s most widely used mobile operating system, started life as open-source software. In its quest for ever-greater profits, the tech giant has been gradually eroding Android’s open-source nature over the last decade.

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  • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
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    1 month ago

    You get 2 or maybe 3 years of updates and then the device is trash.

    Yeah, I’ve noticed this as well…

    … which is why I was surprised when I read that Nothing Phone 3 will get 5 years of updates + 2 years of security updates.

    https://www.androidauthority.com/nothing-phone-3-software-updates-3568533/

    Nothing’s Co-Founder and Head of Marketing, Akis Evangelidis, has confirmed that the upcoming Nothing Phone 3 will ship with a “5+7” software update promise. …likely means the phone will get five years of Android version updates and seven years of security patches…

    Although, you can’t install GrapheneOS on Nothing phones… so, 🤷