Spyke
Avid Amoeba
lemmy.ca

In terms of choosing 7 years of updates after doing 5 (3 OS + 2 security), Google looked at active user data and how long a Pixel device was in use for, including if its resold, given to family members, etc.

“So when we look at the trajectory of where the original Pixel that we launched in 2016 landed and how many people were still using the first Pixel, we saw that actually, there’s quite a good active user base until probably about the seven-year mark. So if we think about, okay, we want to be able to support Pixel for as long as people are using the device, then seven years is about that right number.”

Weird. This almost sounds they're not trying to profit maximize on Pixel sales.

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tiredcapillaryreply
iusearchlinux.fyi

I bet google doesn't have to. They can still mine your data and sell it for profit. They're a data company first after all.

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brlemworldreply
lemmy.world

It's Google, they will probably kill this program at the 6 year mark just like how they killed the pixel upgrade when you paid for that subscription and literally everything else Google has created.

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baatliwalareply
lemmy.world

how many people were still using the first Pixel, we saw that actually, there’s quite a good active user base until probably about the seven-year mark.

Definitely not me spoofing all my old devices to be a Pixel 1 for the Google Photos hack, nope...

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BakedCatboy
lemmy.ml

If only they could include phones that are within those 7 years but already ended support. I'm still on a Pixel 5 which was released 3.5 years ago.

Luckily lineage is keeping it going strong on android 14.

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