[jhardy54]

I'm considering switching from Android to iOS because I don't want to throw away my phone once my 2-4 years of security updates are over.

How do firmware updates factor into your thinking around Android and security? Is there a way off of the "buy a new phone if you want firmware updates" treadmill?

(I don't expect you to have a solution, but I'm curious to hear how you're thinking about this problem.)

See-also: https://ollieparanoid.github.io/post/security-warning/

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Example: https://blog.exodusintel.com/2017/07/26/broadpwn/

If your phone is new, you'll get firmware updates to resolve this. If your phone is old, you need to buy a new phone or live with a vulnerable device.

[em-bee]

at least fairphone is still providing updates for their 5 year old fairphone 2:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26593274