which manufacturer has been consistently patching all of their phones for the past 3+ years?
Samsung? I get monthly updates on my phone
Samsung and google
As a former Google Nexus user, I admire your naïveté
Nokia, as part of Android ONE.
I have one of these. Stuck on Android 10 and at some point a patch broke the speaker during phone calls so that the volume is too low. It works fine at any other time as does speakerphone so it's not a hardware issue.