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Just a heads-up from a fellow Pixel 6 owner: it has reached end-of-life last month, because the five years since the launch in October 2021 are up. Better start looking for a replacement soon.

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Why would someone want a replacement just because someone else tells them their hardware has reached end of life?

Because there will be no more security updates of firmware, drivers, kernels, etc., all while there are monthly high/critical CVEs.

Something which in the context of a thread about banking apps seems quite relevant too.

If they banned all outdated roms why not but you can use all the banking apps on something not updated since 2019 if it's stamped by Google

I'm sure that will work for a while, but that doesn't solve the problem of that banking app sitting on an unpatched OS.

That's the paradox going on here, by updating the OS to make it more secure, you lose access to the banking apps.

What prevents you from building an up-to-date Lineage version for old hardware? It isn't exactly difficult with Claude now.

there will be no more security updates of firmware

Exactly. The User should decide when their device is "end of life" not the device manufacturer.

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