I consider myself technically literate and I evaluated a MS phone solely for the reason it gets timely and frequent updates. I’m tired of being left out in the cold by the chain of parties involved in the OS on my phone. The MS phone was horrible so I returned it but it’s still my goal to have a device that won’t get neglected the way Samsungs (as an example) are. The Pixel will probably be my next phone (once I can justify the cost) for this reason.
Alternative ROMs don’t seem like a valid option to me after looking into installing Cyanogenmod on my Note 3. From what I can tell that particular build of CM relies on one or maybe two volunteers to maintain it which isn’t a real confidence booster. I don’t mind getting my hands dirty when it comes to computers except for my cell phone.
