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@[email protected] @[email protected] We're no longer going to be providing extended support in the future. We only did it because 3 years of support was highly inadequate. We're fine with 5 years of support and 7 years of support is fantastic. Even if someone reaches end of 5 years of support, they can purchase a 2 year old device as a used device which has 5 of the 7 years of support remaining. Devices having 7 years of support means people will be able to cheaply get used devices with lots of support ahead.
@[email protected] @[email protected] Pixel 8a was the first device in the budget line with the 7 years of support. It's still significantly less than a year old, but once it's around 2 years old we think the whole issue of people not being able to afford devices to run GrapheneOS will be largely solved. It'll get even better as it gets a bit older. Buying a Pixel 8a when it's 4 years old and has 3 years of support left would not be ideal but would still be fine as long as people are prepared to replace it in 3y.