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Motorola promises zero Android OS upgrades for its latest budget phones, ships with Android 15 (9to5google.com)

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 11 points 9 months ago

If I can put LineageOS on it, I wouldn't throw a fit about that. I've had several Moto G phones in the past, and they're not bad for what they cost. But I've always put lineage on them.

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[–] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Why not just ship vanilla android and allow all updates like pixel phones?

Just as easy but no backlash

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[–] limerod@reddthat.com 9 points 9 months ago (1 child)

They promise to provide security in EU for 5yrs. Every other region will get 2yrs of security updates. This is a deliberate attempt at keeping the device less secure and sustainable.

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[–] Railcar8095@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm sure there's a quantifiably cost on giving 5 years everywhere vs only the EU, but I refuse to belive it's anything other than marginal compared with the total cost of launching a phone.

The target demographic for this phone doesn't know what a security update is, so it might even not have a negative impact Motorola

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[–] dgriffith@aussie.zone 3 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Oh lawdy, a budget phone shipping with an OS SEVEN WHOLE MONTHS out of date at time of publication. Will the horrors ever end!?

Quick, someone bring me my fainting chair!

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[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

Well it would be fine if they actually planned to provide updates

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[–] RejZoR@lemmy.ml 8 points 9 months ago

People need to stop buying this e-waste.

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[–] limerod@reddthat.com 7 points 9 months ago

They deliberately choose to ship a device with an outdated OS. Plus, only promise 2yrs of security updates in other regions except EU which will get 5yrs of security updates.

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[–] stressballs@lemmy.zip 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

The phone will stop getting security updates in less than 3 years. It will still be a perfectly good phone by then. The battery won't even have degraded out of service life.

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