I am talking about their Pixel lineup where downgrading is allowed. I don’t think it’s possible to downgrade an OEM device.
You would think they would emulate the iPhone there and lock their customers on the latest version once it’s updated but they freely allow customers to keep their device on the device because Google doesn’t care about that marketing chart.
No, they care about making sure they keep their user base because they sell your data. They certainly do care about marketing charts, you're on all of them as one of their users, which means you're an individual database they sell to other companies.
(I'm not suggesting the above is necessarily a negative or a positive. You just sound kind of naive in suggesting Google does this out of purity and good heartedness. They all use marketing charts, and they all need their marketing charts to look good. They just have different business models.)
What do the adoption numbers have to do with their Pixel lineup?
Because you asked why Apple doesn't allow downgrades vs Microsoft and Google. Now suddenly you were just talking strictly about the Pixel lineup of phones, which is pretty disingenuous and goal post moving. I love the internet: why concede a point when you can make up a brand new one instead.
But fine, let's stick with the Pixel: get back to me if Nougat is still being signed by Google onto these phones 4 years from now. The Pixel line is exactly two versions old at this point. In fact, get back to me if you can even download *new* OS's on these phones 4 years from now like you can with iPhone. (Yes, I'm aware new OS's are the devil to you, but we'll just have to accept that you're kind of in the minority preferring your phone to be a wayback machine.)
Security fixes should be pushed for older OS because it’s MY choice whether I want to or not. If I don’t like a particular release I want to go back to the performance I paid for. I do not pay high amounts to get stuck on 6 hour battery life and sit on my butt and wait and wait and wait till a fix is pushed out when I could be enjoying the older version my phone was running splendidly. Why are updates auto downloaded in the background and keep popping up if I choose to not upgrade. I have to download a TVOS beta profile to force the device not to check for updates but that annoying red badge stays like the eyesore it is.
Right. So there's a giant outcry for *old* versions of Android. That's the crux of a lot of folks' problem with iOS. Funny, cause most of the folks around here complain about the lack of speedy updates when comparing different Android OEMs.
And incidentally, what you've written here is just a rant against Apple and why you don't prefer it. That's all well and good but it has nothing to do with pretending Apple has some nefarious corporate policy of planned obsolesce.
You like Google. Got it.
I find this update business overrated and an exercise in frustration. My iPhone and iPad from 2014 are nothing but paperweights on iOS 11. The Air 2 is kinda usable but once I used the Pro 2017 I feel like tossing it away if I try to use it. And here’s the thing, on iOS 8 it was never this slow and I remember it being as fast as my Pro on iOS 8 and 9.
Mine are not. I guess my experience cancels out yours. See how anecdotal arguments work? This is why I stick with actual data and not emotion about these things.
In the current state both the iPhone and iPad feel from 2014 feel slower to use than my Moto G 2016 and a Galaxy Tab S2 both of which score much lower than the iDevices in benchmarks are are on an older OS. The Moto is on Marshmallow while the Galaxy is on Nougat but I enjoy the performance.
Well, when you've owned the Moto and the Tab for 3 years instead of just 1, do come back and let us know how they're running.
I have learnt from my experience though. My Pro 2017 stays on iOS 10 because it does what I need and does it smoothly with great 2-3 day battery life. That’s what matters. Not some new design with even more graphical wizardry sprinkled throughout the OS to slow down what I use the device for.
Okay then. You still don't like all this upgrade business. Understood. My devices run really well, all are updated. Sorry you're unlucky with your tech.
