So you buy a new one every 2 years.

As long as we have Google Play Services installed Google only marginally cares version of Android we are running

damn they should really stop making all these new vulnerabilities

From Google "Third-party stores are insecure" and "We won't fix VPN bugs in all Android versions."

I really dont understand all of the cameras on new phones

Classic Google ignoring devices people still use that are bootloader locked meaning you can't even update them to a secure OS even if you wanted to. And allowing vendors to prevent phones from getting security updates. The phone industry is a total scam.

I'm using a Pixel running 17 and I honestly can't think of a single feature of 17 - or even 16 - that I actually care about. A few UI tweaks but I'm not sure I'd even call them improvements, just that: tweaks.

Frankly, I'd be happy on a device running 14 or 15 as long as the security updates keep coming.

Love to see it ‐ hopefully GrapheneOS support will mean support for things like Ubuntu touch and Nura (née postmarketos) - having an easy device to test/develop I'm sure would greatly help those projects

It's the only one that offers* backup so you can restore authentication from one phone to another when your main phone fails and it's not recoverable or falls into the ocean or something

Only now they say you can only restore to the same phone ecosystem (Apple to Apple, Android to Android) so I'd need to change login settings on about twenty services (including work which requires we use it) before I could change to an iPhone

* or only one that I could find that did when I was choosing authenticators

I don't even know what mine is. There's been a software update waiting since the day I bought it but I never installed it. I update my OS when I switch devices every 7 years or so. Same applies to apps. I update them when I'm forced to. If it's working I won't touch it. Updates reliably makes everything worse. They fix bugs I've never ecountered and introduce new ones along with UI changes that I will.

Graphene compatible?

Also, this is on Twitter and has exactly zero info. Not sure this official moto link is better, but we are.

Edit. Apparently, this will support GrapheneOS out of the box.

Good catch. I just saw "download APK"

It's more about stealing your passwords and stuff like that. Crypto wallets, password managers, bank apps, 2FA apps, 2FA text codes... People put a lot of their life on their phone.

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My phone won't update. It's out of my control. Thanks, KNOX..wait... kNOX is Samsung... not sure what bullshit has my Motorolla locked down from Verizon..

Yeah, his sister is cuter.

it doesn't even really bother me not being on the latest version of Android, if only they provided security updates and bug fixes. It could be like an LTS distro, nice and stable.

But no, they just tell you to buy a new phone lol

"I can't wait to take control of really old mobile hardware"

Holy shit I'm finally part of the 1%.

There is no APK. You have to build the apk to do anything of use.

Don't download random APKs

Its not like most Android phones have a choice when the update comes (if at all), phone manufacturers push it out on their schedule. My ~3 year old phone just got the update last week.

If we provide them a way to provide us with more ads and tracking info when updated to the latest OS they will get us up to date ASAP!

Hackers rubbing their hands together, thinking of all the unfixed vulnerabilities