Android's Real Security Problem is the Manufacturers

[chanchan05]

I think pretty much everybody not named Google has to take part of the blame.
I pretty much would blame carriers in a certain number of situations. I'm pretty sure for example it's not Samsung's fault, that some carrier's Notes are on the December security patch but ATT Notes haven't had a patch since August.
However, it's also not the carrier's fault that the G7 One is on Pie but the G7 ThinQ is just about to enter Pie beta.
I'd say it's a case to case basis.
Personally I'm fine with delayed OS updates if the manufacturer provides security patches in the interim of the delay, although it depends on the manufacturer as well. The heavier skin you have, the longer an update is going to take. Which is why I can give a sort of pass on Samsung and Huawei for releasing Pie for all after 3-4 mos of Google's release especially with all the stuff they have on top, but couldn't understand why something like the Nokia 8 Sirocco which has very light to almost no skin take that long to get an OS update. Nokia should have been up there with OnePlus and Sony to get updates quickest because they have the lightest skins.
In the same light, if Huawei and Samsung can release their really heavy skinned updates in like 2-4 months (IIRC both released in Dec 2018 after beta), and security patches within a week or 2 of Google, why can't LG do it with a slightly less heavy skin?
There are manufacturers who do good with their updates, and some who don't, then we have middle man bodies like carriers further muddying the waters.

 

[mustang7757]

I think pretty much everybody not named Google has to take part of the blame.
I pretty much would blame carriers in a certain number of situations. I'm pretty sure for example it's not Samsung's fault, that some carrier's Notes are on the December security patch but ATT Notes haven't had a patch since August.
However, it's also not the carrier's fault that the G7 One is on Pie but the G7 ThinQ is just about to enter Pie beta.
I'd say it's a case to case basis.
Personally I'm fine with delayed OS updates if the manufacturer provides security patches in the interim of the delay, although it depends on the manufacturer as well. The heavier skin you have, the longer an update is going to take. Which is why I can give a sort of pass on Samsung and Huawei for releasing Pie for all after 3-4 mos of Google's release especially with all the stuff they have on top, but couldn't understand why something like the Nokia 8 Sirocco which has very light to almost no skin take that long to get an OS update. Nokia should have been up there with OnePlus and Sony to get updates quickest because they have the lightest skins.
In the same light, if Huawei and Samsung can release their really heavy skinned updates in like 2-4 months (IIRC both released in Dec 2018 after beta), and security patches within a week or 2 of Google, why can't LG do it with a slightly less heavy skin?
There are manufacturers who do good with their updates, and some who don't, then we have middle man bodies like carriers further muddying the waters.

Good point