so, the corporations have failed us on #Android updates and it's up to the community to keep our hardware working for any kind of reasonable time. YAY OPEN SOURCE!!!111
Except... #Google and other Android-pushers have made working with the OS a totally hellish experience, and I wonder what tiny percentage of Android users will ever be able to install a custom OS image.
Why's it so awful? (Turning into a megathread here )