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[Jo-Erlend Schinstad <joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxxx>]

But aren't you missing the point? Ubuntu Touch is about to be replaced and
the replacement cannot automatically support previews models. That support
has to be manually added to the new system. I think it is reasonable to
expect and even demand, that Canonical makes sure that the devices that
were sold with Ubuntu, are supported by the new system. From Canonical's
perspective, it would be really bad marketing not to do this, so I think
they will.

They shouldn't add support for new devices in the old system, knowing that
this will become obsolete a few months from now. That would be nonsensical.
What they should do, in my opinion, is to get the current devices ported
and make it as easy as possible for users to flash those devices to the new
system. Then they should allow current users to use the new system on their
devices for a while to confirm that everything is really working as they
should. After all, with massive changes, you always get the potential for
regressions. When things have been tested by actual users, then they should
add support for new devices to the new system.

Nobody has argued that there should be no new models, only that there
shouldn't be any new models right now.