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Keep in mind that the project it will work on old phone but at some point update will stop. Don't remember after how many years google stops supporting a phone I guess its around 3-4 years.
In most cases this is not an issue if you don't care about the latest features.
I know google ends up not supporting older android versions, but I would assume an open source OS could make it updatable for longer? Or is there a physical hardware lockout at times?
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but i believe software updates would continue depending on ROM, but hardware / firmware / security updates would cease after a set amount of years?
Nope. I have a Lenovo P2 that recently got android 13 (last official was 9 or 10), security patches are up to date to march. Hardware and firmware yes but you don't generally care that much about these.
So lets take a Pixel, with 6 years of updates guaranteed from Google. After 6 years, you can continue to install newer and newer OS versions and these will include security fixes for software. However, no new security updates pertinent to the device hardware will be available past that date? (I am asking)
Oh right, that makes sense.