ijeffM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 2 years agoGoogle could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comexternal-linkmessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1141arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1126arrow-down1external-linkGoogle could give the Pixel 8 seven years of updateswww.androidpolice.comijeffM to Android@lemdro.idEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square57fedilinkfile-text
minus-square@lowleveldata@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish59•2 years agoBut they won’t. Why would they?
minus-square@ErikDegenerik@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish18•edit-22 years ago Well they actually did. This is from leaked Google store pages for the new Pixels.
minus-square@pimento64@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish25•2 years agoBecause doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
minus-squareVoytrekklinkfedilinkEnglish14•2 years agoGoogle has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
minus-square@limerod@reddthat.comMlinkfedilinkEnglish3•1 year agoGoogle makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
minus-squareAvid AmoebalinkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoBecause they don’t have a monopolistic position in this market yet.
minus-squareCubitOomlinkfedilinkEnglish1•2 years agoBecause they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.
But they won’t. Why would they?
Why wouldn’t they?
Because doing so is, to people who run businesses, throwing money in the dumpster
Google has one advantage over other Android device makers. They make profit off of the Play Store at a much higher rate than they do from hardware sales. If this change brings more people over from iOS to Android, it will be an overall win for them.
Google makes money from providing service and advertising. It has more to gain from supported devices than without.
Because they don’t have a monopolistic position in this market yet.
Because they can say they will, possibly sell slightly more than they predicted. And then in 2 years say that they cannot support it anymore anyway.