Yeah, the problem is what to get instead if staying on Android.

I surely won't pay what Google is asking for their devices, given lack of SD card and changeable battery.

Plus, they also proved they aren't trustworthy by not providing a path for those that gave them money for the Nexus with TI processor. As if Google didn't had the money to keep supporting them.

It's like they don't care, which is sad. They have got into a great position to be a contender in the fickle horse-race that is the mobile phone industry, but the same horse is trampling the people that funded them to get there.

"What about security updates for my phone?" The hurdle is jumped, and the patron has the Google horse land on them, causing death

Unfortunately the latest Samsung devices don't have SD cards or changeable batteries either. They have apparently voluntarily eliminated two of their key differentiating features, not sure why.

If TI decides to leave the market, there's nothing to be done. You can't force TI to come back if they don't want to.

You can maintain the code yourself for the existing devices, that is a lame excuse.

Goggle has the knowledge and money to do so.

How can you do that if TI didn't give you the rights to it in the first place?