[HansHamster]

I mean, I know why it happens, but that doesn't mean I'm happy about accepting it.

It is really annoying how every vendor cobbles together a Frankenstein abomination of a kernel with just the right drivers and patches and good luck trying to run anything else. But I also understand that they (except maybe for Google) have no interest or incentive to clean up this mess.

[berdario]

That's true, and I think that we should be rewarding the companies that are bucking the trend:

Fairphone 5 will receive security updates for 8 years

Pixel 8 will receive updates for 7 years

iPhone 15 will receive updates for 6+ years (apparently, Apple has a track record of between 6 and 8 years)