It's 2016 so you know and that is still NOT true...
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My point is AOSP being open source means any OEM could base an OS on it and be fully open sourced.
I understand there is barriers to doing that like most mobile hardware is not open but that is NOT Google's fault.
Thanks man... I hear they also keep martians at Roswell.
>Google gets to approve or veto every Android device every OEM sells.
100% Wrong... The only thing an OEM really needs to do is include certain Google apps and have them presented in a certain way to use Play services.
In my world too but most smartphones sold these days in fact do not have removable batteries by design. You don't know this?
>Buying a new (crappy, what do you expect for 50 Dollars?) phone because your perfectly working one isn't supported anymore is NOT satisfying and not a solution
That $50 phone is just as good or better than a phone sold 3 or 4 years ago.
>I feel that you're a bit lost. You want to save a bit of money
No dude... I buy a new phone every two years to have a faster one, better features (camera), and better security features (fingerprint reader). Lucky me, I can afford it. My secondary phone is a 2 1/2 year old Nexus 5 which still gets security updates and will for many more years via custom ROMs. Security updates were not the reason I bought a new phone.
Sorry, you don't really seem to be up on current smartphone technology to comment on this intelligently but philosophically I do agree with you.
What? Most phones sold today do NOT have replaceable batteries.
>For some people, particularly the elderly, the young, and the poor, they'll use it until it literally stops working at all because they literally cannot afford otherwise.
One can get a new Android phone from Amazon for $50 no contract. Landlines still exist and are almost available anywhere unlike cell coverage.
>Cell phones are a literal lifeline device...
I could live with a dumb phone as my PC is way more important. When are we going to make Microsoft start to provide security updates to XP again?
You must be like 20 years old... I hate to break it to you but no one needs a cell phone to survive.
>This is why the security updates either must be performed by the companies in question through the actual use lifetime of the device...
Well start writing Congress but personally I don't want my new phone to be another $50 more because the OEM is required to provide security updates for phones 5 or more years old.
I suppose you can produce this document?
Common sense would dictate if Google could make OEMS provide updates they would already be doing that. Right?
Samsung bails, Google and Android is screwed...
Do you know how open source works? Google has no control over OEM phones or the carrier approval process. Period!
The only reason OEM Windows phones can be upgraded is that OEMs agree to that level of control by Microsoft. Have you ever noticed their are few Windows phone OEMs? LOL Google could try to assert this kind of control on OEMs but Samsung would bail as soon as possible for sure. They would fork AOSP or move to their own OS.
You are comparing software security updates to products recalled for safety issues? Well phones are already subject to recalls for hardware/battery problems. Let me know when a phone kills or hurts someone due to lack of security updates.
Google already updates their phones every month for three years which is long enough for a device most people replace or break within two years. Verizon isn't the only carrier of course.
It's NOT ignoring your friends if you don't pick up the phone every time they call. Regardless, my friends numbers are in my contact list. Crazy huh?
Vulkan is mostly certainly cross-platform and it's only Apple stopping it from being available on their closed platform.
Personally, I would reevaluate how you use browser.
It's 2016 now so maybe it's time to upgrade your box and it's 4 GB of RAM.
EDIT: How is Firefox eating up to 3Gb of RAM on your machine? I never seen mine go over 1.5GB and that's been after a week of not closing it (64-bit version/no Flash installed).
Huh? I have used Android phones for over 5 years and almost never see ads.
Yes, some free apps have ads but you just need to spend a dollar or two to remove them. Developers don't work for free you know. An app doesn't give you that option? Uninstall it. I have two exceptions to that rule because the apps in question are great and the ads are non-intrusive.