Google's support for older devices makes Apple's look like the Linux kernel (that is only recently dropping ISA and took until 2012 to drop the 386 processor). My four year old Pixel no longer receives security updates even though Android 13 still does. WTH? Meanwhile a iPhone 11 that I had at the same time can still get the latest iOS. What's more the security updates for previous iOS versions supports devices going back to 2015. Google doesn't even have the excuse about OEMs etc. This is their phone, bought to run on their cellular bundled service (Google Fi), purchased through them. It is 100% vertically integrated. The only word that comes to mind to me is "pathetic". #rant#Android#Apple#CyberSecurity#AppleVsGoogle9to5google.com/2023/02/06/pixeโฆ
If you still want to join Lemmy (join-lemmy.org) (seems as welcoming as Mastodon has been!), avoid lemmy.ml and lemmygrad as they are official servers ran by the developers. Lemmy.world and lemmy.blahaj.zone seem pretty good!
Alternatively, you could also join Kbin, (kbin.pub) as it can still interact with Lemmy based communities! (Although they call communities magazines and follow the !name format instead of @name)
