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  • andreluis034@lm.put.tftoAndroid@lemmy.worldRefurbished Pixel 5
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    1 year ago

    Am I naïve for thinking that manufacturers stopping support for devices, then claiming it affects your safety, is just to sell more phones?

    Yes you are.

    Vulnerabilities are constantly being found in the software stack used by Android, if you are running vulnerable software you’re increasing the likelihood of some malicious app (or website, file, etc…) taking advantage of the vulnerability. The consequences of vulnerability vary from being able to fingerprint your device when it’s not supposed, to escalateling privileges to root or even kernel mode. Although the later are significantly rarer.

    and had zero security issues in a dozen years

    That you know of… If the vulnerability is successfully exploited, the likelihood of you noticing are close to zero.

    You could always flash a custom ROM to install the latest security patches, but you would still be missing the security updates for all the closed source components (such as the bootloader, device drivers, etc…). Not to mention all the security implications (good or bad) that comes with installing custom ROMs.



  • andreluis034@lm.put.tftoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlDeleted
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    1 year ago

    My only requirements were:

    • released within the last year
    • high refresh rate screen
    • relatively small (similar in size to my pixel 5)

    That meant there were only two phones I could buy, the galaxy S23 and the iPhone 14 Pro. I ended up buying the S23 because it was half the price, and I was “afraid” I wouldn’t like iOS.

    So far the S23 has been a great update compared to the pixel 5, with the exception of the cameras which were a clear downgrade imo.