bala1234

It looks like Apple seems to have waited in anticipation for the Biden administration to reverse the ban! Irrespective of the merits of the case that seems bonkers...

Sneaky sneaky Google! But it may be onto something here. Considering that the European regulators just forced apple to rush the USB-c transition.

bala1234 said:

7 Years of software update is big! While I don't think its going to change any minds here, it might be a game changer in the android world. But ironically it will only allow me slowdown on my update cycle...

It's not changing the Android world, just the Pixel 8, it's a software guarantee for that hardware, which hardly anybody buys.

Sort of true but not the entire picture here. May be you are being too dismissive.  For one as the owner of the platform google is sort of setting high watermark here which will push other manufacturers to improve their game. And the other is that I am a regular pixel customer so its personally good news for me .

7 Years of software update is big! While I don't think its going to change any minds here, it might be a game changer in the android world. But ironically it will only allow me slowdown on my update cycle...

I hope they make it a separate tier for the benefit of those like me who are not into sports.