ijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3年前Google could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1141file-textcross-posted to: googlepixel@lemdro.id
arrow-up1141external-linkGoogle could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comijeff@lemdro.idM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 3年前message-square57fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: googlepixel@lemdro.id
minus-squarelowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up69·3年前But they won’t. Why would they?
minus-squareErikDegenerik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·edit-23年前 Well they actually did. This is from leaked Google store pages for the new Pixels.
minus-squarepimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29·3年前Because doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
minus-squareVoytrekk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·3年前Google has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
minus-squareCubitOom@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3年前Because they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.
minus-squarelimerod@reddthat.comMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3年前Google makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
minus-squareAvid Amoeba@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3年前Because they don’t have a monopolistic position in this market yet.
But they won’t. Why would they?
Why wouldn’t they?
Because doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
Google has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
Because they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.
Google makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
Because they don’t have a monopolistic position in this market yet.