XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.advocacy

Joerg Lorenz wrote:

Google has improved the situation slightly perhaps for Pixel-devices and >>> in some cases Samsung. That's it.

more than slightly and for android itself, but there's still a lot of
fragmentation and it's still up to device manufacturers to offer an
update. the pixel series has an advantage of not involving a third
party.

Right. The situation is still untenable and that is exactly the reason
why I would only buy Pixel-devices. That is exactly what I did.
I bought the Pixel 4 with Android 11 on it. Stands now at 13.

If I can reach at least 15 we come close to what Apple delivers.

*No operating system has a _shorter_ update lifespan - than does iOS*

I'm not even going to explain to Joerg Lorenz that iOS has the _shortest_ update of _all_ common consumer operating systems, bar none, and by far.

Because Joerg Lorenz is literally, stupid. Too stupid to understand.
While nospam is also stupid - he actually knows I'm saying the facts below.

What both nospam and Joerg don't comprehend is that iOS updates
_differently_ than _all_ other common consumer operating systems.

It lasts far less than most - but that's not the real problem.
The real problem is Apple leaves you cold and dry when iOS dies.

*When iOS dies... everything dies...*
a. You don't get more OS updates
b. You don't get more security updates (except in rare cases)
c. You don't get more key application updates (like Safari & Messages)

Almost all of Android _never_ dies.
a. Most of Android updates over Google Play now
b. That's completely independent of the "ecosystem"
c. The app updates are essentially forever (e.g., Chrome & Messages)

Even then, Android is almost all open source code.
As are many (most even) of the key apps (depending on what apps you use).

By way of stark contrast - *iOS just dies*
*poof*
*gone*

The fact remains a fact that there is no common consumer operating system
that last _less_ than does iOS when you look at it from cradle to grave.
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It's no longer shocking the only thing these iKooks know about Android
is what they read in an Apple advertisement a decade or more ago.

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