Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by orra on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:53PM
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Somewhat? The browser and presumably the webview is distributed through Google Play, yes. But kernel upgrades are not.
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Re:Android loses 8% of its global OS market share in five years
by tomComb on Saturday April 23, 2022 @05:08PM
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Almost all attack services are now updated remotely by Google for security issues. In the kernel only video drivers can be updated remotely (and support for this depends on the vendor).
I think it is a much better way to do security updates than the Apple model - security issues shouldn't have to wait for the next firmware update and for the user to apply them.