Before anyone freaks out that their iPhone is about to get pwnd:
> The vulnerabilities affecting Apple devices have been addressed in iOS 11.
> The vulnerabilities affecting Apple devices have been addressed in iOS 11.
I should not have to accept anti-features to get security fixes.
1: https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2017-07-01#broa...
I own a LG device, bought in January, stuck on Android 6.
There are only 1.6% of people in the world that own an Android device with 7.1.1, consider yourself lucky.
All because Google don't want actually sort it out.
Given that OEMs are expected to push updates themselves on Treble certified devices, I don't have any hopes that the whole update chaos will improve.
But yep, the mid/low end devices are often basically abandoned soon after release, or get 1-2 midlife updates so that December OTA has April's security patch level etc.
Or when you buy a phone buy a phone that supports Lineage OS. My Samsung Galaxy S2 runs an up to date Lineage OS.
Hacking devices is a workaround, not a solution.
It is this type of advices that made GNU/Linux fail at desktop adoption.
Is is really so strange that the advice for older phones would be similar?
Don't get me wrong, Lineage is great, but fully secure it isn't.
Workarounds that regular users don't have to endure with companies that actually care about them.
I also bought a Xiaomi for my partner (cause the FP2 would be an old SoC for the same price it cost 2 years ago) with specs which otherwise would've cost us more than double. I expect the device to last 1,5 years. Hopefully by that time the FP3 is on the horizon.