Article on Android update pains

[Kris_S]

Thanks for sharing the article @Jerry! Very interesting read. I actually wasn’t aware of Play Services having this big role/influence. With my last smartphone I was still stuck at Android 2.3 Gingerbred and the old Android Market. So I’m rather new to the Play Store and the Play Services and all the updates Google made with the newer Android versions.

@Stefan

The article states that it is getting “better” because Google relies more on its own Services and Google Play. But doesn’t that mean that, regardless if Fairphone gets Android updates or not, they would not be of much use if you don’t have Google Apps installed?

This is a pretty big worry for me. While I’m currently using some of Google’s services I was entertaining the idea of trying a life without it after I saw the respective topic (Alternative Apps(tores): Living without Google) here on this forum. But now it seems like a risky move to live without Google Play Services.