Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone

Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by Dylan16807 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @08:17PM (#30080431)

Dummy updates aren't security updates, so they can't satisfy the checkboxes.

If you're asking how it gets enforced, there could be a government office tasked with enforcement, and the law could let people sue.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by LtdJorge on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @03:58AM (#30083296)

Then leave one security patch out of the update and push it to the next one.

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by Dylan16807 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:17AM (#30083410)

So put in the full work to patch things, but do it slightly wrong on purpose? What do companies gain by being so passive-aggressive?

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by ssivark on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @01:58PM (#30090078)

Higher revenues through induced obsolescence?

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Re:Google Is Forcing Me to Dump a Perfectly Good Phone by Dylan16807 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @06:28PM (#30093657)

Delaying patches slightly doesn't really help revenues unless it's widely publicized, in which case they look bad and possibly get sued and it doesn't even save them any effort. Maybe it's a risk, but I'll definitely take that risk over what we have today.

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