[pjmlp]

Because of their clever idea of not forcing OEMs to update devices, almost no one will get that.

[lmm]

The best time to ship support for an updated format was five years ago. The second-best time is today.

[kartickv]

New phones will get it. Surely you're not arguing that Google shouldn't make any improvements to core Android because of the update situation?

[pjmlp]

No, I am arguing that Google doesn't have the guts to improve the situation.

Most people around the world are on pre-paid, not contracts, and they only update their devices when the current one dies.

Even now, the majority of the devices being sold on the 300 € border are Android 5 or 6, with no planned upgrade to 7.