simple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years agoPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1449file-textcross-posted to: sustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
arrow-up1449external-linkPixel 8 to have seven years of Android updateswww.theverge.comsimple@lemm.ee to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: sustainabletech@lemmy.sdf.orghackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanshackernews@derp.footechnews@radiation.partytechnews@radiation.party
Now this is nice. Hopefully 3rd party manufacturers can also provide a longer life span for the device.
minus-squarebuglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoIf you’re not getting security updates then any savings may well be a false economy
minus-squarebuglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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-up1·2 years agoAir gaps, my guy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_gap_(networking)
minus-squarebuglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years 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
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