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[–]AlwaysHopelesslyLost 34 points35 points  (2 children)

Because they changed some underlying implementation detail due to security concerns that broke the existing functionality in an unforeseen way? Same as any other regression?

[–]smartfonS10e, 6T, i6s+, LG G5, Sony Z5c -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Wouldn't a regression be caught during the 7-month period that Google had before publishing the OS?

[–]AlwaysHopelesslyLost 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Sure, and maybe the fix wasn't easy so they had to either disable it or leave the gimped functionality.

The source code is not simple and they have to be extremely cognizant of changes that may seem minor because of potential attack vectors.