Re:Google teases October 4th announcement
by croon on Tuesday September 20, 2016 @11:29AM
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What I'm taking away from this is that you have never had a Nexus device, or even used one.
* The Nexus devices (during lifetime, usually 1 year less than iPhones) are patched sooner and more often than iOS.
* Google Play Services shouldn't be able to patch system libraries or the kernel, that would be a security issue. Patching those is what a system update is for.
* Nexus devices have (IMO) much better "enterprise-grade" software support than iOS, whatever that means. And it's only set to be better with N. [1]
* The Nexus devices (during lifetime, usually 1 year less than iPhones) are patched sooner and more often than iOS.
* Google Play Services shouldn't be able to patch system libraries or the kernel, that would be a security issue. Patching those is what a system update is for.
* Nexus devices have (IMO) much better "enterprise-grade" software support than iOS, whatever that means. And it's only set to be better with N. [1]
[1] http://www.techrepublic.com/article/three-important-security...