Less Than Half of Android Users Have Upgraded to Android 13 or 14! 🤯
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Android 14 has been out for 9 months and Android 13 was released almost two years ago, but less than 50% of Android users have devices running those versions...

Funny, the comment types here are the same as on Youtube:

  1. “I still run Android and it is totally fine, will never switch Android just got worse!”
  2. “Well, money”
  3. “Companies need to support phones longer”
  4. “I just use LineageOS on that device”
  5. Misinformation
  • echo@lemmings.worldEnglish
    691·
    5 months ago

    It’s not like the end users typically get any choice… either the service provider makes an update available or they don’t.

    • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
      819·
      5 months ago

      Your choice is making sure to buy a well supported, timely updated device. If you can’t is a different issue. But, if you don’t is on you. Vote with your wallet.

      • n2burns@lemmy.caEnglish
        23·
        5 months ago

        Your choice is making sure to buy a well supported, timely updated device.

        Sure, that choice is currently available, but it wasn’t when many of those devices were purchased. For example, I’m currently using a Galaxy S10e which had just about the best support of any Android phone. Now I’m stuck on Android 12. I actually planned on using it with Lineage, but somewhere between my S7 and the S10e, Samsung stopped using Exynos in their Canadian phones, and I didn’t realize it. The hardware is still more than good, and as others have pointed out, with Play Service updates, the software isn’t really obsolete either, it’s just a concern I’m not getting security updates.

        • boredsquirrel@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
          3·
          5 months ago

          Samsung is especially bad as they lock out security features for custom Android versions. (It is not a ROM, it is an OS).

          GrapheneOS would support Samsung, maybe. But they allow many critical security features like measured boot (I think) only for their own OS.

        • downpunxx@fedia.io
          1·
          5 months ago

          same with my S10, at some point though app vendors will stop allowing their apps to run on our o/s and security versions, i think we still have a couple years before that happens, but eventually it’s going to happen, and on that day i will curse the gods

        • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
          19·
          5 months ago

          S10e. I was talking more about current devices. The next device you upgrade too should be better. Be it samsung, pixel, fairohone, oneplus, etc.

      • echo@lemmings.worldEnglish
        3·
        5 months ago

        As long as my provider is selling me service for the device then they have a responsibility to support it and provide upgrades. I do vote with my wallet by not being on the upgrade treadmill.

      • j4yt33@feddit.deEnglish
        22·
        5 months ago

        Vote with your wallet

        Buy new device if old one isn’t supported anymore

        Hmm

        • limerod@reddthat.comMEnglish
          1·
          5 months ago

          Newer smartphones are supported anywhere from 6-7. Fairphone being supported even higher. Unless, you are saying that’s not enough in that case custom roms are your 2nd option after official support.