The following devices are end-of-life, no longer receive firmware or driver security updates, and receive extended support from GrapheneOS via a legacy branch based on Android 14 with only the Android Open Source Project security backports, certain other security patches, and other minimal changes to keep them working:

• Pixel 5a (barbet)
• Pixel 5 (redfin)
• Pixel 4a (5G) (bramble)

The following devices are end-of-life, no longer receive firmware or driver security updates, and receive extended support from GrapheneOS via a legacy branch based on Android 13 with only the Android Open Source Project security backports, certain other security patches, and other minimal changes to keep them working:

• Pixel 4a (sunfish)
• Pixel 4 XL (coral)
• Pixel 4 (flame)

They offer several years of "extended support"

then being mad for getting kicked out for violating basic rules

They were kicked out for intentionally violating anti-competitive rules. It's bullshit. And it's sad to see anyone at all defending Google here.

Why would anyone even want that?

Itch already came out and said it was not VISA/Mastercard but PayPal/Stripe

I don't know. Just because they're not a publicly traded company doesn't mean they don't want more money 🤷 but certainly they may want to "stay in their lane" and focus on what they're best at. Just seems like an absolute fuckton of money they're leaving on the table to me.

Honestly it's pretty crazy that Steam hasn't entered the most lucrative gaming market.

A lot of people think fragmentation of digital markets will deliver a worse experience.

While it does add a tiny amount of friction, the trade-offs are massive.

Taler Wallet

https://www.taler.net/en/index.html

It's great if you can convince all of your customers to use a new payment service. Most businesses are not gonna go anywhere near that. They don't care.

This thread is just a reminder of how terrible phones have become.

Strangely it's usually only the cheap phones that include these premium features.

on the back of the phone.