Even with android custom ROMs like Lineage, support eventually ends. Meanwhile, you can just slap on linux onto any old computer and its still getting the latest updates. 🤔
Why not just do the same thing with phones? Forever phone updates? 👀
Even with android custom ROMs like Lineage, support eventually ends. Meanwhile, you can just slap on linux onto any old computer and its still getting the latest updates. 🤔
Why not just do the same thing with phones? Forever phone updates? 👀
Part of this is because the device has to connect to cellphone towers where the radio equipment is on its own lifecycle path and eventually replaced.
Eventually the feature set of a device is too outdated for the carrier’s network to syooort it.
Developer time is limited and so there is little to no value using that time to support very old hardware that would be WiFi only.