So recently I’ve been seeing the trend where Android OEMs such as Google, Samsung, etc. have been extending their software release times up to like five, six, and seven years after device release. Clearly, phone hardware has gotten to the point where it can support software for that long, and computers have been in that stage for a very long time. From what I can tell, the only OEM that does this currently might be Fairphone.

Edit: The battery is the thing that goes the fastest so manufacturers could just offer new batteries and that would solve a lot of the problem.

  • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Manufacturers frustrate os replacement on purpose. The vast majority of phones cannot have their os changed by the user. Lineageos is a niche effort for ultraniche phones.

    • Luna@lemdro.idEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      True. It’s kinda crazy that nowadays most phones don’t have an official way to unlock the bootloader

      • interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mlEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I discovered that after buying 60 of my favourite phone, the 2018 moto z3. I figured I could mod it endlessly and use it for all my project. Nope, bootloader locked and I can’t even root the damned thing !