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    2 months ago

    Have Samsung & Google actually delivered 7 years yet - or is that still just a promise on paper to continue supporting existing products?

    Apple for all its faults has at least delivered on this premise.

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      2 months ago

      Google and Samsung both have a track record of delivering updates even past the promised date so far.

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      2 months ago

      Samsung made that promise last year and limited to the higher-end lineups, I believe.

      Google still update their pixel 6 phones from years ago (not sure about the pixel 5 or below).

      Apple is a complete different story since they owned the entire ecosystems and keeps making money from the devices being in use.

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        2 months ago

        Pixel 6 came only came out near the end of 2021, I would hope all companies support phones for more than 3 years, but maybe I’m too optimistic.

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          2 months ago

          A15 is probably the last major update for P6P.

          Not sure about security patches though, which are arguably more important.

          Also there’s always custom roms for Pixel phones.