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trolololol@lemmy.world 1 day agoMate I checked for you.
I have a poke 3.
In 2022 there were like 3 updates spaced out over the year.
In December 2023 there was another one.
Then nothing more since.
jqubed@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Thanks, that’s my concern with a lot of these interesting devices from small companies
trolololol@lemmy.world 20 hours ago
Just curious, would Kobo and others keep updates going for longer?
jqubed@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I’m not sure but I’m trying to look (not very actively right now, though). Amazon seems to keep updates going for 6 years or so but I’d prefer to not be in such a closed ecosystem. There’s certainly an attraction to an Android-based system. Google has been pushing for suppliers to provide longer Android support but it doesn’t seem like many smaller suppliers have been doing that still. Of course, if you disable internet access and only load files over USB then it’s less of a concern, but then you lose out on some of the Android benefits.