sir_brickalot do I understand you correctly, that security improvements != security patches?
Oh, no I used that synonymously.
sir_brickalot So the older version could be relatively safe but high value targets should probably instantly upgrade and get a big fat warning or something?
Important to note is that for pixels, there is only the one update path, and that is to the newest Android version. There is no sort of sidegrading here, you don't get these inferior backports. And we are obviously not interested in doing that for devices that are perfectly in support. So you would be immediately running an unsupported, end-of-life release. It won't kill you if you were to update 2 days later, but the only path is straight ahead. It's why Google has gone over to officially advertise that their now 7 years of support also include all Android releases; less work involved by not dealing with ugly backports and legacy branches. The pixel 6 and 7 line-up is very likely to get the same treatment for the same reason.
sir_brickalot I still think think it could be beneficial for users to have the option to choose the time of the upgrade on major upgrades
You can disable the updater if you wish, security wise the earlier you update the better. It is a delicate procedure, but we don't just throw it at you and have you deal with any major fallouts, this time around we had many consecutive releases to iron out the biggest flaws.
sir_brickalot I’m not aware of any major operating system that automatically upgrades from one major version to the next without user input.
Well, here we are.
sir_brickalot Syncthing for Android development has been discontinued
Holding onto it won't turn back the time, better find a replacement sooner than later.