Elbullazul@lemmy.ml to Technology@beehaw.org · 1 year agoAndroid’s distribution numbers remain as depressing as everwww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up126arrow-down10
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minus-squareV @beehaw.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoThis is really how Google should have built things in the beginning. Provide a stable driver API for hardware then upgrade the OS as needed without OEM cooperation. They are just now getting around to it with things like Treble, IIRC.
minus-squareNathan Campos@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoEven with things like Treble the updates still have to come from the OEM, so unfortunately I don’t see the situation changing any time soon.
This is really how Google should have built things in the beginning. Provide a stable driver API for hardware then upgrade the OS as needed without OEM cooperation. They are just now getting around to it with things like Treble, IIRC.
Even with things like Treble the updates still have to come from the OEM, so unfortunately I don’t see the situation changing any time soon.