[jbotdev]

The delay in updates is what originally pushed me to move from Android to iOS a while back, and years later it’s still an issue. You would think at least Nexus/Pixel would get updates quickly, but that still isn’t always the case. It seems like even within Google there are some issues that need to be addressed before they can lead other manufacturers by example.

[maccard]

The situation on Android is utterly insane. I bought a Pixel via my carrier a few years back only to find out that my _carrier_ was responsible for software updates, and they held them back so they could add their own bullshit to the OS. I was months waiting for a major Android OS version on a flagship Google device.

[Arbortheus]

Google have been quite irresponsible on some of their own devices too. For example the Chromecast With Google TV is actively being sold (and new product revisions released), yet it is still running Android TV 12 despite 13 coming out in December 2022.

Apparently even they are struggling to update the device because of its lacklustre storage (8GB, only 4.4GB usable) which means there simply isn’t enough space for large OTA updates.

[Dah00n]

While I agree that Google and manufactures needs to do better, the article shows that the amount of detected in the wild zero days are higher for iOS than Android in the newest stat (2022) while it used to be higher for Android.

[realusername]

That's basically because Android nowadays has the absolute bare minimum on the kernel, the rest is updated dynamically

[Dah00n]

For some reason I read it as if you think that is a bad thing? In my opinion that is how it should be and it is a strength.

[realusername]

I think it's half bad, half good. It would be nicer if we could have a proper upgrade path for the system but this downside pushed some very clever solutions which are making Android the most secure platform which exists right now in my opinion.