Motorola recently launched several phones with no Android updates but five years of security patches in Europe.

This could be due to the company’s interpretation of EU regulations regarding software updates.

It seems like the regulations don’t actually force smartphone makers to offer software updates at all.

  • Adeptus_Obsoletus@piefed.social
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    2 months ago

    I see a lot of comments saying that it’s a good thing but I feel like people needlessly hate new OS versions because of Windows versions and extrapolate it to Android too. Meanwhile, every new Android release is bringing a lot of great features, improving both privacy and security. Just to mention a few, we got:

    -Private space

    -better permission control

    -Granular permissions for photo/video access in apps

    -background apps restrictions

    -a toggle to disable 2G

    And probably a lot more.

    • 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘@infosec.pub
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      2 months ago

      Android … improving privacy

      Hate to break it to you, but google doesn’t allow any privacy on their ad-serving os.

      I would agree that some version jumps do offer material improvements in feature sets, but they also come with further erosion of your privacy.