Motorola recently launched several phones with no Android updates but five years of security patches in Europe.
This could be due to the company’s interpretation of EU regulations regarding software updates.
It seems like the regulations don’t actually force smartphone makers to offer software updates at all.
that’s not a regulatory loophole, that’s how it’s supposed to be. The phone needs to be securely usable for 5 years. That means security updates, not OS updates.
what does the new shiny android version has that is worth it? nothing, security fixes is enough, I am tired of shit updates the fuck with everything by oems that have shit QA and provide little to none security updates and often quite late, LOOKING AT YOU SAMSUNG, I swear if i have to factory reset my phone AGAIN because an update fucked something up again
Actually, that sound fine to me. Just make sure software updates don’t break app compatibility.
These days android phones either get no updates or exclusively shitty updates that remove features, I wonder why people are starting to hate them
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Android … improving privacy
Hate to break it to you, but google doesn’t allow any privacy on their ad-serving os.
I would agree that some version jumps do offer material improvements in feature sets, but they also come with further erosion of your privacy.
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The law says they can’t sell updates and they’re not. Barely a loophole
That’s a pretty big loophole. And it encourages manufacturers to stop providing security fixes altogether. The commission fucked up pretty bad on this one.
No, it’s only a loophole if you cherry pick single sentences and omit the next part that further defines and restricts it.
See my other comment: https://feddit.org/comment/11272121
As soon as a security patch is published in AOSP, they have a deadline of four months to roll it out. Sox months for ‘feature updates’.
I’m ok with this. I don’t need breaking updates. I need security fixes on a working OS.
It seems like the regulations don’t actually force smartphone makers to offer software updates at all.
As far as I know, it was never supposed to. It’s just supposed to force them to disclose exactly how disposable their trash is.
