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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by scarface74 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @02:28PM (#14412279)
Vendor support is not a feature of the software it is a feature of the Vendor.

Whether I buy a computer from Dell, HP, Lenovo or any other PC vendor, I still can get upgrades and security patches from Microsoft. I don't have to wait on the vendor for updates.

we look at Apple, Samsung, LG, HTC, etc... independently as companies I am sure some have crappy upgrade policies and some have great policies. If you want shop around for it, look at reviews for other phones.

Tell me one Android vendor who supports their phone with security patches for five years?

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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by sqeaky on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @03:11PM (#14412638)
Windows is also locked down so that Dell, HP, Lenovo, etc... cannot make arbitrary changes to it. If they could they would like break the update mechanism.

I have seen plenty of preinstalled crapware from all those companies that never gets updated.

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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by scarface74 on Wednesday May 24, 2017 @03:43PM (#14412870)
And the difference being that you can update the OS despite the crapware. You can't update Android devices without waiting on the vendor.
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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by sqeaky on Thursday May 25, 2017 @09:38AM (#14417178)
And you can install your own Android based OS which gets updates.

All I am trying to say is that android, the OS is not the reason updates don't happen. The Vendor is and largely your point point agrees with me.

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Re:If It Weren’t for Apple, Hybrid App Development Would Be ... by scarface74 on Saturday May 27, 2017 @03:01PM (#14431402)
You can install your own Android base on the majority of Android phones? Including full support for Google Play Services? What about all of the chipsets that only come with binary blobs that the manufacturer has stopped supporting?

Are you really comparing the ease of clicking one button to upgrade Windows or iOS devices with using some semi supported "Android" OS that may or may not be supported for your phone?

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