Re:Shortening the Let's Encrypt Chain of Trust
by lbriner on Tuesday July 11, 2023 @06:31AM
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100% this! I was bemoaning this earlier, I am using the S8 to do exactly the same as I did 6 years ago when I bought it but not only is it much slower than it was when I first bought it (for some reason) but various apps and integrations are already stopping support for Android 9 which is the latest version that Samsung have made available to the phone.
Only the other day, I got a message from Slack telling me their client won't support Android 9 any more, even though, like most apps, I still use the same features I always did.
Groan!
The only thing I got in the last year was a gps firmware update. Security patch level is still April 1, 2021 so really it's been out of support for over 2 years now.
It's a shame because apart from this huge incompetence from Samsung it's the best phone I've ever had. The latest S23 is far inferior in terms of features. No notification led, no 3,5mm jack, lower resolution display than S8, cameras sticking out of the case, much heavier, no 3D glass, no heart sensor, no pressure sensitive screen. Oh and it's double the price I paid for the S8.
The few things where the S23 is better (CPU speed and photo quality) happen to be things I don't care about. But I do care about security updates.