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Isn’t it a bit dishonest to say laptops get 20 years of updates when in reality doesn’t and fuck people who question that?
It’s not. Nothing is stopping you from updating those devices.
You’re comparing OEM 7 years of updates to totally own 20 years of updates. It’s apples to oranges.
what does oem mean in this case?? the OS is from microsoft/linux why do you want the oem involved? if we are talking normies you could update windows xp to vista andvista to 8 and then 10 then 11 using microsoft guided installers that are monkey proof…
This is literally what the news is about
yes because for android you NEED the OEM to update, with a computer you dont…