This underlines that the level of newly launched and already abandoned hardware is alarming.

I'm looking at companies like Motorola who almost stopped (if it weren't for a very vocal user base) updating Moto E about half a year after launching.

And many other phone OEMs who just don't care about updating their software.

Companies came to expect fidelity from customers while providing the minimum of commitment in return.

OEMs should stop wasting money on crappy addonware and invest in quality (and timely) software updates, and better customer relationship.