Yes, I can confirm that LG is notorious for stopping their updates early in their cycle of production.
I have an LG G4 that remains on version 6 - it arrived new on 5, 15 months after release, automatically went up to 6, and that was the last update that has ever come.
What I would suggest for transparency though is that Rogers also included on their update page for OS and patches, is a section that identifies those phones that are no longer supported by the manufacturer.
This would allow us to know that the phone we are buying is out of support (even is still under warranty, security support and security patches may not be available).
A good example, is many phones that are more than 1 year old are not protected from the KRACK hack on WIFI security and login. LG G4 being one of them. To provide full security in that case, you need to purchase a VPN, either hardware or software based for your device.
Personally, I have always run a hardware VPN in my home since I worked in the corporate world, and I just never stopped. A harware VPN with a built in firewall provides a high level of coverage.
Welcome to the reality of Android and their OEM manufacturers. Security is not something they have ever put high on their list of priorities, whereas, Blackberry still does, layering security on top of Android and sandboxing the personal use of Android away from those who use it for corporate security levels, and Apple takes their security seriously too.
Just not one of Android equipment manufacturers priorities unfortunately.
And in an earlier post somewhere, I posted the cycle of how software builds make it to the public - Android or other software companies, first develop the upgrade, and test it on new and existing equipment, they then get the carriers involved to identify their network and marketing desires, it then goes back to the manufacturer for final testing and approval.
Android gives carriers more of a free reign to do their own thing and then it gets distributed, Apple controls the show start to finish and you get it from them.
So my point is that often the delay is not with Rogers, it can be anywhere in the development/testing cycle and may be like in this case, purely Android or the device manufacturer. You can usually find out what phones are not getting support from the manufacturer anymore online.
Bruce
