Will buying an e-ink reader with Android 11 be an issue in a couple of years?

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨askandroid@lemdro.id⁩

Like the Meebok M7 which runs Android 11. I know most apps support Android 9 as minimum, but how future proof will Android 11 be for these coming 5 years for example? I know it went EOL like last year. I could go for the Meebook M8 with Android 14, but it’s much more expensive…

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Grntrenchman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I got several “Nook Simple Touch” a few years ago and they’ve been able to read whatever I’ve thrown at them so far.

They’re running on android 2.1!

I had to do some digging to find older versions of book apps that’d run on them, but this is the internet, the apks are out there.

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- d00ery@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I don’t doubt your experiences. However I worry about things like Pressreader that require a subscription or any sort of DRM or security.
  
  I have the meebook 7 and mostly use Moon reader.
  
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  - Grntrenchman@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    this is true, anything requiring constant updates and calling home will probably have an issue eventually
    
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- Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Wow okay, now I’m not worried at all haha
  
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Rentlar@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Look up the Android version usage statistics. I think I remember reading guidance about targeting 95-98% of users was a good benchmark.

Depends on what you use it for. I wouldn’t use banking apps, but just general internet usage, email, callimg, texting, mobile gaming and/or video watching I don’t see an issue with.

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