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On 1/29/2026 6:43 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:07:51 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

On 1/29/2026 5:27 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:17:27 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

My experience with Android tablets was they got one or two OS
updates at most and occasional security patches.

Was that from the vendor, or from third-party OSes (e.g. Lineage, I
think, is a popular one nowadays)?

OEM updates, Samsung and ASUS.

The thing with Android is, being open-source, you have the choice of
looking at third-party options.

And how many know how to do that? Besides, I don't want to experiment
with my tablet OS. I want updates from the OEM with some assurance they
have been tested on my hardware.
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On 1/29/2026 8:42 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:49:47 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

I seriously doubt that any Android tablet gets this level of OEM
support.

Is that so important, given there are typically third-party options?

That is, after all, a key benefit of Open Source.

Actually a weakness. You have no assurance that options other than the
OEM have been thoroughly vetted on your hardware.
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 08:40:20 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

On 1/29/2026 8:42 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 18:49:47 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

I seriously doubt that any Android tablet gets this level of OEM
support.

Is that so important, given there are typically third-party
options?

That is, after all, a key benefit of Open Source.

Actually a weakness. You have no assurance that options other than
the OEM have been thoroughly vetted on your hardware.

Your assurance comes from the testimony of fellow users, who are free
to use the software or not, if it doesnrCOt work for them. Not from some corporate PR department full of staffers who know their paycheque
depends on keeping their employer looking good.
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On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 08:38:48 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

On 1/29/2026 6:43 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

The thing with Android is, being open-source, you have the choice
of looking at third-party options.

And how many know how to do that?

Especially with Apple fans trying to confuse them into thinking such
choices donrCOt exist, eh?

Can a multi-million dollar marketing budget overcome honest
first-person testimony from actual users?
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On 2/14/2026 12:43 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

On Mon, 2 Feb 2026 08:38:48 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:

On 1/29/2026 6:43 PM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

The thing with Android is, being open-source, you have the choice
of looking at third-party options.

And how many know how to do that?

Especially with Apple fans trying to confuse them into thinking such
choices donrCOt exist, eh?

Can a multi-million dollar marketing budget overcome honest
first-person testimony from actual users?

I don't know about marketing budgets, but one-off testimony has little
value. What works for you may not work for all. The best testimony for
what works for the masses is the marketplace. Android and Apple are the overwhelming winners in the mobile device market.
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