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Re:A Kernel Hacker Meets Fuchsia OS by metadat on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:39PM (#31506941)
Until they drop support for your hardware... Then what happens?
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Re:A Kernel Hacker Meets Fuchsia OS by ketralnis on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @12:48PM (#31507076)
You have to chuck it in the bin and buy a new one, obviously. That's the state of the startphone world today, if you want to keep up on security updates
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Re:A Kernel Hacker Meets Fuchsia OS by myko on Wednesday May 25, 2022 @01:31PM (#31507698)
This is lamentable and I'd love to see longer periods of support for older devices, but I'm not sure what the ideal state is - beyond being able to install your own OS on your device, which will still require some level of support from someone.

What's reasonable - 5 years of support? 10?

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