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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.

[0]http://money.cnn.com/2016/04/20/technology/google-android-la...




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


Google eats none of the cost of supporting Google's buggy OS builds.




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