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Re:React Native at Instagram by pjmlp on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @02:50AM (#13587832)
Because of their clever idea of not forcing OEMs to update devices, almost no one will get that.
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Re:React Native at Instagram by lmm on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @05:07AM (#13588357)
The best time to ship support for an updated format was five years ago. The second-best time is today.
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Re:React Native at Instagram by kartickv on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:29AM (#13587982)
New phones will get it. Surely you're not arguing that Google shouldn't make any improvements to core Android because of the update situation?
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Re:React Native at Instagram by pjmlp on Tuesday February 07, 2017 @03:59AM (#13588107)
No, I am arguing that Google doesn't have the guts to improve the situation.

Most people around the world are on pre-paid, not contracts, and they only update their devices when the current one dies.

Even now, the majority of the devices being sold on the 300 € border are Android 5 or 6, with no planned upgrade to 7.

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