Are the system (not app) updates Google releases applicable to all Android devices?
It's true that there are a high number of bugs available just in mobile browsers, which do receive google play updates, if you have google play, but viewing the underlying code as verified to be correct would be naive.
If I know that a smart phone or smart fridge will not get software updates and be substantially limited in functionality by that, I wouldn't pay more than 100 bucks for it, because I expect to buy another one in probably 14 months.
However, if the update problem would be fixed properly, I wouldn't mind paying a premium.
It seems that this isn't just laziness by the vendors but also calculated into nudging customers to buy new appliances and gadgets although the hardware is capable and perfectly fine. No vendor would admit to that, but this is being investigated and called planned obsolescence. If the price would reflect the artificially limited lifespan of a device, then the problem goes away, and it's just a matter how much of the materials gets recycled.
It's true that there are a high number of bugs available just in mobile browsers, which do receive google play updates, if you have google play, but viewing the underlying code as verified to be correct would be naive.
If I know that a smart phone or smart fridge will not get software updates and be substantially limited in functionality by that, I wouldn't pay more than 100 bucks for it, because I expect to buy another one in probably 14 months.
However, if the update problem would be fixed properly, I wouldn't mind paying a premium.
It seems that this isn't just laziness by the vendors but also calculated into nudging customers to buy new appliances and gadgets although the hardware is capable and perfectly fine. No vendor would admit to that, but this is being investigated and called planned obsolescence. If the price would reflect the artificially limited lifespan of a device, then the problem goes away, and it's just a matter how much of the materials gets recycled.