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Re:Why the average lifespan of a smartphone is only three years by not_your_vase on Saturday October 14, 2023 @01:54AM (#37878394)
There was a short period of time when I thought that they finally solved this problem, when they deferred the browser updates to Google Play instead of being part of the whole OS update. I really thought that they would move everything there slowly over a year or two, and it would stop being a shitshow... but I realized fairly quick how wrong I was.
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Re:Why the average lifespan of a smartphone is only three years by wolpoli on Saturday October 14, 2023 @02:19AM (#37878494)
Yes, and then Google hyped up project treble but that apparently didn't mean we will get more updates
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Re:Why the average lifespan of a smartphone is only three years by pharmakom on Saturday October 14, 2023 @03:54AM (#37878826)
That was bout control. They reduced the usefulness of Android Open Source Project without Google Play Services.
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