> Everyone else has to beg dozens of manufacturers to ship an update for a device which brings no further revenue to the hardware manufacturer
I wonder why do the manufacturers even lock the phones if it brings no further revenue. They lose nothing if users where able to pull the updates directly from Google.
> I wonder why do the manufacturers even lock the phones if it brings no further revenue.
Because a Google update that conflicts with their own customization and borked the user experience would cost them future revenue, since it would reduce the chance that the user would by a phone from them in the future.
I wonder why do the manufacturers even lock the phones if it brings no further revenue. They lose nothing if users where able to pull the updates directly from Google.