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Re:Google Fuchsia release date, news and rumors by tssva on Friday June 15, 2018 @08:05PM (#17324837)
They could address it going forward by mandating a specific kernel version which will then receive long term support. Say something like 6 years. And then periodically update the required kernel version to another release which will receive the same 6 years of support.

In addition they could decouple the rest of the Android stack so it can upgraded and run on either of the currently supported kernel versions.

Oh wait, already done.

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Re:Google Fuchsia release date, news and rumors by pjmlp on Saturday June 16, 2018 @08:54AM (#17327204)
Kind of, given the way that they left the Treble updates to OEMs and only required compliance to Oreo devices, they arrived at IO 2018 with a mere 10% adoption of Oreo, mostly on Pixel devices.

Which was quite good the adoption being so bad, because they finally announced at IO that they will be requiring updates for certification after P's release.

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Re:Google Fuchsia release date, news and rumors by taakd on Friday June 15, 2018 @09:33PM (#17325248)
Yet security on nearly every android phone is still a joke, with Samsung and LG rarely releasing even the most basic patches.
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Re:Google Fuchsia release date, news and rumors by XalvinX on Saturday June 16, 2018 @01:49AM (#17326077)
Umm..maybe I'm missing something but I don't recall reading about a lot of security breaches with Android, outside of some dumb users downloading very shady apps here and there.

Now, you wanna talk jokes, let's talk about the history of Microsoft's products, such as Windows. It is hard to keep a Windows machine going for over a year, no matter how careful you are.

I think, all things considered, that Google bakes excellent security into everything it does.

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