[ghuin]

>According to Zerodium, iOS exploits are cheaper than Android exploits because iOS exploits are so plentiful[1][2] in comparison.

On the other hand if your iPhone is vulnerable it will get an update. Can you say the same thing about Android?

[lelandfe]

Samsung has the greatest marketshare in the the Android ecosystem[0][1] and they've pledged to provide security updates for 4 years for >130 models[2] – which is pretty good!

[0] https://www.appbrain.com/stats/top-manufacturers

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/271496/global-market-sha...

[2] https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/02/samsung-now-updates-...

[Retric]

Their 4 year support from phones initial release is still quite bad and the last year is apparently only quarterly not monthly updates. So buy a phone X months after release and you get 36 - X months of monthly security patches and then minimal support for 1 year.

That’s a big deal because their manufacturing last years model S20 and many people are buying not realizing it’s apparently got 1.5 years of full support remaining.

[mewse]

That’s a good first step, but.. I mean, I can’t be the only one here who has daily driven a single phone for longer than four years, right?

[aaomidi]

Considering Samsung is the majority of Android phones, yes. They keep up and sometimes apply security updates faster than Google.

[xxs]

did you read the article, the author clearly states that Apple chose not to do anything for quite extended period of time.