simple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agoPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down110file-text
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comsimple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat’s the secret, it’s not.
minus-squarebug@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoIf you’re not getting security updates then any savings may well be a false economy
minus-squarebug@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIf you’ve got a device with zero vulnerabilities which will never have any discovered then whoever made it is in need of a Nobel prize
minus-squareIsoprenoid@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoAir gaps, my guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)
minus-squarebug@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoI was going to post something dismissive about an air-gapped phone being pretty useless, then I remembered I have an old Xperia Play which I repurposed as a dedicated emulator
That’s the secret, it’s not.
If you’re not getting security updates then any savings may well be a false economy
If you’ve got a device with zero vulnerabilities which will never have any discovered then whoever made it is in need of a Nobel prize
Air gaps, my guy.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)
I was going to post something dismissive about an air-gapped phone being pretty useless, then I remembered I have an old Xperia Play which I repurposed as a dedicated emulator