From: thomas.e.elam@gmail.com   
      
   On 1/29/2026 5:27 PM, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   > On Thu, 29 Jan 2026 08:17:27 -0500, Tom Elam wrote:   
   >   
   >> My experience with Android tablets was they got one or two OS   
   >> updates at most and occasional security patches.   
   >   
   > Was that from the vendor, or from third-party OSes (e.g. Lineage, I   
   > think, is a popular one nowadays)?   
      
   OEM updates, Samsung and ASUS. What was particularly galling was both   
   had quite a few models. Some got updates, others did not, and no way to   
   know at purchase if you bought the model that was going to be upgraded.   
      
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