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That’s true and pretty cool and I will always choose Android over iOS, but it’s still a bad system. I want a phone architecture where I can just slap an OS on there like it’s a PC and upgrade to new versions until the hardware craps out. But I can’t
You can install alternative android distros on an android phone that will keep updating long after the manufacturer has stopped. For example lineage OS which supports lots of devices (but not all).
There are also Linux distros targeted to mobile devices.
You just need to pick a device that is supported when buying.
That’s true and pretty cool and I will always choose Android over iOS, but it’s still a bad system. I want a phone architecture where I can just slap an OS on there like it’s a PC and upgrade to new versions until the hardware craps out. But I can’t
You can install alternative android distros on an android phone that will keep updating long after the manufacturer has stopped. For example lineage OS which supports lots of devices (but not all).
There are also Linux distros targeted to mobile devices.
You just need to pick a device that is supported when buying.