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Beyond that, Motorola promises just two years of security updates through early 2028, at least in the UK. But in Europe, it seems that’s pushed out to five years per regulatory demands.
Do they really actively block updates for people in the UK, while delivering them to people in Ireland? That would be wild.
It’s more likely that are simply breaking the regulation.
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Why? Ireland’s in the EU, the UK isn’t.
Why not just ship vanilla android and allow all updates like pixel phones?
Just as easy but no backlash
They promise to provide security in EU for 5yrs. Every other region will get 2yrs of security updates. This is a deliberate attempt at keeping the device less secure and sustainable.
I’m sure there’s a quantifiably cost on giving 5 years everywhere vs only the EU, but I refuse to belive it’s anything other than marginal compared with the total cost of launching a phone.
The target demographic for this phone doesn’t know what a security update is, so it might even not have a negative impact Motorola
Why shouldn’t it, after all, be expensive to be poor?
This is a great time for people in the position to learn it if they haven’t. Growing up in the Midwest taught me this, that it’s better to spend more on something that will last longer. Don’t spend $50 on boots that will only last a year. Spend $100 on the boots that will last 5 years.
Tech isn’t advancing at the same pace, we need to treat it the same way. I encourage everyone to do research and wait, save, and buy something that will last 5 years, and not reward Motorola for this.
Don’t spend $50 on boots that will only last a year. Spend $100 on the boots that will last 5 years.
This assumes that someone has the extra $50 to spend. Usually people buy the cheap boots because they don’t.
If I can put LineageOS on it, I wouldn’t throw a fit about that. I’ve had several Moto G phones in the past, and they’re not bad for what they cost. But I’ve always put lineage on them.
Its a cheap phone with a Mediatek chipset, not the best starting point for Lineage OS.
Yeah, fair point. I don’t even know if lineage works on mediatek chips.
Yes, it does. But currently, only 2 devices with Mediatek chipset are supported (source: Lineage wiki).
Ah, okay. Thanks
Oh lawdy, a budget phone shipping with an OS SEVEN WHOLE MONTHS out of date at time of publication. Will the horrors ever end!?
Quick, someone bring me my fainting chair!
They deliberately choose to ship a device with an outdated OS. Plus, only promise 2yrs of security updates in other regions except EU which will get 5yrs of security updates.
Well it would be fine if they actually planned to provide updates
The phone will stop getting security updates in less than 3 years. It will still be a perfectly good phone by then. The battery won’t even have degraded out of service life.
5 years in the EU
If this means the device is usuable and reasonably secure for 5 years, this is fine.
Other than avoiding ecosystem fragmentation, I’m not seeing tangible benefits of running the latest android.
If this means the device is usuable and reasonably secure for 5 years, this is fine.
It precisely means that is not going to be the case.
People need to stop buying this e-waste.
