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ocdtrekkie
on Nov 28, 2016
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Android security in 2016 is a mess
Indeed. Google uses their (probably illegal[0]) contract to mandate that Google+ must be preinstalled on your phone, but not that your phone must get security updates for a reasonable period of time.
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http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/20/technology/google-android-la...
home_boi
on Nov 29, 2016
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The cost to manufacturers (and the cost passed on to Google) is most likely much higher for security updates than for including Google+/Google Apps
ocdtrekkie
on Nov 29, 2016
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Google eats none of the cost of supporting Google's buggy OS builds.
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[0]http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/20/technology/google-android-la...