• I remember reading an article few days ago about this. The gist is:

      • Google was not confident with Tensor 1 & 2 chips and didn’t want to burden itself with a hardware that was going to be difficult to support.
      • Previous iterations of Pixel had Qualcomm chips, and QC doesn’t support its chip for that long.
    •  Kogasa   ( @kogasa@programming.dev ) 
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      Software maintenance and updates cost money. Nobody reasonable would say you’re entitled to a lifetime of support for a piece of hardware you buy, unless you specifically pay for this service. The specific support lifetime that is cost-effective for the business and consumer depends on the product and the business, it’s not an easy target for regulation.

      7 years of security updates isn’t that bad for a phone.