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by dragonwriter 3193 days ago
> Which usually don't have OS upgrades beyond what they were sold with

Flagships usually do (Samsung flagships, and numerous phones lower in their line, tend to get two major version updates.)

> and Project Treble won't change that

If update practices are something a worthwhile market segment looks to in buying decisions, and Trello makes it easier on OEMs because their is a cleaner isolation of the device-specific pieces, then, I'd expect it to make more OS updates happen.

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On my home country the minimum wage is around 400 euros, not many people can afford two month salaries for the privilege of getting OS updates.