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[–] vii@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)
[–] iopq@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

You expect them to backport security updates to pixel 3 or whatever for free when even the manufacturer doesn't?

[–] vii@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Isn't that what Lineage does?

[–] Noxious@fedia.io 2 points 2 years ago

They only backport (some) OS patches, the firmware doesn't get updated after the vendor classifies a device as EOL.