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Not at all, Project Treble makes it so, assuming that OEMs upstream their drivers, but as usually happens in the whole fragmentation story Google is only advising OEMs to do it, not enforcing it.

People need to realize Project Treble will only improve Android, if Google has the guts to force OEMs to play ball, until then having a certified Treble device doesn't mean updates will be made available.




You can't say it won't happen until it actually doesn't happen.

And it appears to be happening: https://www.xda-developers.com/project-treble-aosp-android-o...


It only counts when random dude on the street is able to do it via then update OS menu option.

Being possible by people with technical skills to replace firmware doesn't count on my book.

I care about the regular dudes buying regular pre-pay phones that they can afford.




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