Why Android upgrades absolutely matter
Every year, it happens like clockwork: I publish my six-month-long, data-driven analysis of how Android device-makers are doing when it comes to getting operating system updates onto their phones — and within a matter of hours, the standard responses start a-rollin' in:
I don't need any of the features from Pie, and my phone already had some of 'em, anyway — so what's the difference?
I doubt anyone who owns a Samsung phone even knows what version of Android their phone is running, so who cares?
Whatever. Android upgrades don't even matter anymore.