How come every Windows (or Linux) PC can always get system updates instantly, but Android can't and most phones never receive any?
Was this by design? What the fuck was Google thinking?
>>56041475
it's a very easy way to milk the customers for literally every penny, and it works every time, unless you get a nexus
>>56041491
I'm actually considering dropping Android phones altogether if this stays that way.
Nexus phones are often gimped in some way, like no mSD slot.
Two words: planned obsolescence
>>56041688
Still they feed us lies from the table cloth
>>56041491
Nexus 5 is still a decent phone but it won't get Nougat anyways…
>>56041475
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
>>56043478
I'm terribly sorry for interjecting another moment, but what I just told you is GNU/Linux is, in fact, just Linux, or as I've just now taken to calling it, Just Linux. Linux apparently does happen to be a whole operating system unto itself and comprises a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Most computer users who run the entire Linux system every day already realize it. Through a peculiar turn of events, I was misled into calling the system "GNU/Linux", and until now, I was unaware that it is basically the Linux system, developed by the Linux project.
There really isn't a GNU/Linux, and I really wasn't using it; it is an extraneous misrepresentation of the system that's being used. Linux is the operating system: the entire system made useful by its included corelibs, shell utilities, and other vital system components. The kernel is already an integral part of the Linux operating system, never confined useless by itself; it functions coherently within the context of the complete Linux operating system. Linux is never used in combination with GNU accessories: the whole system is basically Linux without any GNU added, or Just Linux. All the so-called "GNU/Linux" distributions are really distributions of Linux.
>>56045289
Then why did you draw a distinction between "Linux PCs" and Android? They're both using the "Linux operating system" according to you.
>>56041475
Ultimately the problem is that most ARM manufacturers refuse to release source code that ISN'T tied to any particular version of Linux. So while technically it is "open source" it's shoddy. And as for gpu's...well, what's source code?
Whenever linux is updated enough there needs to be a significant updating of that shit ARM code. And no one wants to do it. It's easier just ignoring it and tossing out a new device to consumers.