[cwyers]

I agree that DEVICES should be covered for n years, where n is somewhere between 3 and 5 and we can quibble about the specifics later. I don't think that backporting fixes should be the way we gauge this if newer versions are available instead.

[ocdtrekkie]

The problem is that newer and better are not synonymous. And most Android users have probably learned by now that their devices getting slower with each update, not faster.

[eropple]

Mine are getting no slower and often feel snappier. 5.1 was a big improvement over 5.0 on my Z3C.