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  • att: Maria: Samsung's fractured OS update "policy"

    From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon May 11 11:38:23 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung phones.
    It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI update. And it is very
    late, coming up on the impending next Android release date. Worse, the
    next Samsung UI update is already looking as bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking-bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS updates
    will either never receive them, or if they do they will be only
    superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.


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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon May 11 08:43:40 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-05-11 5:38 a.m., Tom Elam wrote:
    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung phones.
    It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI update. And it is very late, coming up on the impending next Android release date. Worse, the
    next Samsung UI update is already looking as bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/ www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking- bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS updates
    will either never receive them, or if they do they will be only
    superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.

    I'm sure that the resident Android advocate will paint this as a win.
    After all, the old hardware did indeed get an update, no matter how
    broken and painful it is. For them, pyrrhic victories are victories still.
    --
    CrudeSausage
    2019 Thinkpad E595
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  • From Nick Charles@blankety_blank@blank to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon May 11 09:10:59 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 5/11/2026 8:43 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
    On 2026-05-11 5:38 a.m., Tom Elam wrote:
    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung
    phones. It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It
    cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI
    update. And it is very late, coming up on the impending next Android
    release date. Worse, the next Samsung UI update is already looking as
    bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/
    www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking-
    bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS updates
    will either never receive them, or if they do they will be only
    superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.

    I'm sure that the resident Android advocate will paint this as a win.
    After all, the old hardware did indeed get an update, no matter how
    broken and painful it is. For them, pyrrhic victories are victories still.

    He/she/it will not even reply to this, because he/she/it is a chicken
    shit coward troll boy who is only looking for attention. Which is what
    all trolls are doing. Looking at threads that prove he/she/it wrong -
    and where he/she/it could actually learn something - is not why
    he/she/it is here.

    He/she/it only replies to the threads he/she/it starts. And even there, he/she/it does not acknowledge evidence that he/she/it is wrong.

    Which begs he question, why is anyone still replying to this chicken
    shit coward troll boy?
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  • From CrudeSausage@crude@sausa.ge to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon May 11 09:30:35 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-05-11 9:10 a.m., Nick Charles wrote:
    On 5/11/2026 8:43 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
    On 2026-05-11 5:38 a.m., Tom Elam wrote:
    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung
    phones. It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It
    cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI
    update. And it is very late, coming up on the impending next Android
    release date. Worse, the next Samsung UI update is already looking as
    bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/
    www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking-
    bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS
    updates will either never receive them, or if they do they will be
    only superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.

    I'm sure that the resident Android advocate will paint this as a win.
    After all, the old hardware did indeed get an update, no matter how
    broken and painful it is. For them, pyrrhic victories are victories
    still.

    He/she/it will not even reply to this, because he/she/it is a chicken
    shit coward troll boy who is only looking for attention.  Which is what
    all trolls are doing.  Looking at threads that prove he/she/it wrong -
    and where he/she/it could actually learn something - is not why he/she/
    it is here.

    He/she/it only replies to the threads he/she/it starts.  And even there, he/she/it does not acknowledge evidence that he/she/it is wrong.

    Which begs he question, why is anyone still replying to this chicken
    shit coward troll boy?

    Because some people haven't been here for years, aren't aware that
    someone is a troll, and would want to make a judgment about a person themselves rather than accept someone else's opinion. Besides, it
    appears that the people complaining about trolls never themselves post anything to this group, causing it to be boring beyond belief, so their opinion doesn't even matter.
    --
    CrudeSausage
    2019 Thinkpad E595
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  • From Alan@nuh-uh@nope.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Mon May 11 10:08:44 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 2026-05-11 02:38, Tom Elam wrote:
    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung phones.
    It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI update. And it is very late, coming up on the impending next Android release date. Worse, the
    next Samsung UI update is already looking as bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/ www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking- bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS updates
    will either never receive them, or if they do they will be only
    superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.



    May 4:

    'An aside, we leave for France tomorrow, gone 16 days.'
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  • From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue May 12 08:46:25 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 5/11/26 7:08 PM, Alan wrote:
    On 2026-05-11 02:38, Tom Elam wrote:
    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung
    phones. It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It
    cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI
    update. And it is very late, coming up on the impending next Android
    release date. Worse, the next Samsung UI update is already looking as
    bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/
    www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking-
    bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS updates
    will either never receive them, or if they do they will be only
    superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.



    May 4:

    'An aside, we leave for France tomorrow, gone 16 days.'

    That's right, we are on an AMA Waterways river cruise about to return to Bordeaux. After that we fly to Nice, take a bus to tiny quaint Eza, then
    fly to Paris. Going to Paris only to see Notre Dame de Paris after the restoration. Then home on May 21. The ship, AmaDolce, has 24/7 wifi.

    Before breakfast here on the ship I updated the OS on 2 phones, 2
    tablets, 2 watches and a MacBook.
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  • From Tom Elam@thomas.e.elam@gmail.com to comp.sys.mac.advocacy on Tue May 12 08:49:07 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy

    On 5/11/26 3:10 PM, Nick Charles wrote:
    On 5/11/2026 8:43 AM, CrudeSausage wrote:
    On 2026-05-11 5:38 a.m., Tom Elam wrote:
    Oh my

    One UI 8.5 is finally starting to roll out to some older Samsung
    phones. It does not fully update to flagship S26's features. It
    cannot. S26 has different hardware. Therefore it is not a full UI
    update. And it is very late, coming up on the impending next Android
    release date. Worse, the next Samsung UI update is already looking as
    bleak.

    https://www-sammyfans-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/
    www.sammyfans.com/2026/05/10/one-ui-9-5-rollout-is-already-looking-
    bleak/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1&amp_gsa=1#webview=1&cap=swipe

    Promises broken, updates are late and incomplete. Not very different
    from past attempts to update Android phones made by other companies.

    Prediction: in 6 years many older Samsung phones promised 7 OS
    updates will either never receive them, or if they do they will be
    only superficial and late.

    Apple will remain the leader in long term support. Apple is today the
    only vertically integrated company built to offer that long term
    support. That may change in seven years, but at this time it's not
    obvious how that will happen.

    I'm sure that the resident Android advocate will paint this as a win.
    After all, the old hardware did indeed get an update, no matter how
    broken and painful it is. For them, pyrrhic victories are victories
    still.

    He/she/it will not even reply to this, because he/she/it is a chicken
    shit coward troll boy who is only looking for attention.  Which is what
    all trolls are doing.  Looking at threads that prove he/she/it wrong -
    and where he/she/it could actually learn something - is not why he/she/
    it is here.

    He/she/it only replies to the threads he/she/it starts.  And even there, he/she/it does not acknowledge evidence that he/she/it is wrong.

    Which begs he question, why is anyone still replying to this chicken
    shit coward troll boy?

    He/she/it is kill-filed on this machine. So I will not see any of its
    lame excuses.
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