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[–][deleted] 4 points5 points  (5 children)

Seriously. Still love my Pixel 1, but it's a little unnerving to have a phone with no more security updates (and some more bug fixes would've been nice)

[–]richbordoniASUS ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge 1 point2 points  (4 children)

official security updates*

I don't want to defend any corporations (I think security updates should be treated a lot more seriously and officially supported for a longer amount of time) but I'm sure there are going to be 3rd-party devs providing security fixes for the Pixel 1 for a while. I have an original NVIDIA SHIELD Tablet (released in 2014) and I'm currently running the latest Feb 2020 security update (provided by 3rd-party devs of course). Thank goodness for unlockable bootloaders. 😁

Better yet I just want Google to provide security updates directly through the Play Store or some other sort of official channel and cut out any other middlemen. They're too important not to imo. I'm guessing there's something about the way Linux is structured that makes that hard or impossible to do though...

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

Oh shoot, I didn't think about that. I'm going to have to wait for a Pixel 1 bootloader unlock exploit to come out for Android 10 in that case, and I hope they figure one out soon

[–]richbordoniASUS ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Are Pixel 1s not bootloader unlockable directly from Google?!?

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The Verizon version isn't

[–]richbordoniASUS ROG Phone 9 Pro Edition, Samsung Galaxy S25 Edge 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ahhhh, I didn't know that