Samsung’s Android app-signing key has leaked, is being used to sign malware

Re:Samsung’s Android app-signing key has leaked, is being us... by kelnos on Sunday December 04, 2022 @05:08PM (#33858487)

If Qualcomm stops supporting a particular chipset version after N years, all the Android OEMs that use Qualcomm chips can't do anything about it. Apple, however, builds their own SoCs, so they can support them as long as they want.

Google has recently managed to strike some better deals with Qualcomm to get updates for 5 years for the latest crop of Pixel devices. I agree it's still not as good as Apple, but that's just how market forces work, and shows you who has the most leverage.

I don't think anyone is trying to "impress" anyone; merely stating the facts as they are.

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Re:Samsung’s Android app-signing key has leaked, is being us... by celsoazevedo on Sunday December 04, 2022 @06:25PM (#33859200)

> Google has recently managed to strike some better deals with Qualcomm to get updates for 5 years for the latest crop of Pixel devices

The last 2 generations of Pixels use Google's own SoC (developed with Samsung?) called Tensor[0].

Google deserves some criticism here. The main force behind Android is now behind Apple and other Android brands. Samsung uses a mix of Qualcomm and Exynos, and their flagships get 4 major Android updates. OnePlus, which relies on Qualcomm and Mediatek, will do the same for "selected devices"[1]. A Pixel 7 only gets 3 major updates... at least the phone receives security updates for 5 years, but they need to improve.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Tensor [1] https://www.xda-developers.com/oneplus-four-platform-updates...

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